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Khairatabad Assembly Seat Declared Vacant

The Khairatabad Assembly seat was officially declared vacant on September 28, paving the way for a bypoll. Danam Nagender was disqualified as MLA under the anti-defection law by the Telangana High Court, a decision upheld by the Supreme Court. Nagender won on a BRS ticket in 2023 but joined Congress in 2024. The bypoll deadline is around February-March 2027.