Overview

• Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy met AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge in Bengaluru and inquired about his health.
• Kharge, 83, recently underwent pacemaker implantation after breathlessness and was discharged on Friday.
• The Election Commission of India released the Jubilee Hills Assembly bypoll schedule on Monday, following last week’s rural local bodies schedule from the State Election Commission.
• Party sources said discussions covered the Congress nominee for Jubilee Hills, with the AICC screening committee led by Kharge expected to meet in Delhi to finalise the candidate.
• Reddy briefed Kharge on defending the 42% Backward Classes quota in local bodies, with petitions set for Telangana High Court hearing on October 8 that could clear the way for polls.