Khairatabad gets a bypoll, Nagender keeps the ticket secret
The Supreme Court reportedly dismissed Danam Nagender’s challenge to his disqualification. He says he is ready for voters, but not ready to name his party.
Khairatabad’s seat is vacant; the bypoll date and ticket remain unannounced.
Khairatabad is headed towards a bypoll after the Supreme Court reportedly dismissed Danam Nagender’s challenge to his disqualification as MLA on September 24, according to multiple reports. The official order was not available in the court database reviewed, so the exact legal reasoning remains pending the paperwork — because even court rulings apparently need a trailer.
Nagender welcomed the reported decision and said he was ready whenever elections were held. He declined to say which party would give him a ticket, saying he would disclose that after the election schedule or ticket announcement. His original 2023 victory came on a BRS ticket, while he later contested the 2024 Secunderabad Lok Sabha election as a Congress candidate while still holding the Assembly seat, according to the Supreme Court’s July 2025 judgment and contemporaneous reports.
The Telangana High Court had disqualified him and declared the seat vacant, reports said. No bypoll schedule, Congress ticket decision or confirmed BRS or BJP candidate has been published in the material reviewed. Nagender is ready for the election; the election, for now, is still waiting for its dates.