Hyderabad, Sept. 19 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao has taken potshots at the Congress government in the state over its decision to nominate cricketer-turned-politician Mohammad Azharuddin to the Legislative Council under the Governor's quota ahead of Jubilee Hills bypoll, saying that he has been kept "hanging in the middle".

He said the Congress has denied him nomination to the Jubilee Hills seat where bypolls will be held as the sitting MLA has passed away. Azharuddin lost from the seat in the last assembly polls.

"In 2023, Congress gave a ticket to Azharuddin against Gopinath, but he was removed and told to become an MLC. He hasn't become one yet... In July 2023, when KCR was Chief Minister, he nominated...