CONG GOES ALL OUT IN BID TO CONQUER GHMC

While the state capital has stayed the party's Achilles' heel, will it finally shake off its ghosts?

- IREDDY SRINIVAS REDDY @Hyderabad

THE political battlefield in Hyderabad is shifting: Congress is on the offensive, BJP is banking on its corporator base and BRS is fighting a wave of defections. With Jubilee Hills as the prestige battleground and AIMIM's shadow looming large, the race for relevance in the state capital is heating up.

After a dismal show in the 2023 Assembly elections — where it failed to win a single seat in the Greater Hyderabad region — the ruling Congress is pushing hard to turn the tide. Recent defections from the BRS, an all-out focus on the Jubilee Hills byelection and whispers of an understanding with the AIMIM have fuelled talk of a Congress revival in Hyderabad.