Hyderabad, Oct. 28 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Telangana president N Ramachander Rao has appealed to voters in the Jubilee Hills Assembly bypoll to vote for the party's lotus symbol, stating that a vote against the BJP "would only strengthen the AIMIM party, potentially increasing its strength to eight seats in Hyderabad."

Speaking at a meeting of the party's Shakti Kendra in-charges at the state office on Monday, October 27, Ramachander Rao said that "people are increasingly inclined to see the BJP win and that the Jubilee Hills by-election should serve as the starting point for that change."

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, Rajya Sabha MP K Laxman, and other senior leaders attended the meeting.

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