Hyderabad, June 30 -- Despite the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) shifting its loyalties to the Congress after the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the state is keeping a bridge open in case things change in the next polls.

The BRS and AIMIM may have parted ways, but the main Opposition party is hoping it can still count on support from the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party should it manage to win the next Assembly elections. So far, the K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR)-led party, which was in power between 2014 and 2023, has refrained from attacking the AIMIM despite Owaisi having moved over entirely to the Congress camp.

Owaisi, the Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad, had in fact backed the BRS in the 2...