Hyderabad, Dec. 30 -- It was an interesting time for Telangana politics in 2025. The turbulence between the ruling Congress and the main opposition party, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), was high on octane, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) watching from the margins, hoping to make more inroads into the state.

However, 2025 will end on a more positive note for the ruling party and chief minister Revanth Reddy as he finally managed to one-up the BRS by winning the Jubilee Hills by-election and also putting up a commendable fight in the just-concluded Gram Panchayat polls.

Nonetheless, it wasn't all smooth sailing for the Congress, given that it continued to face legal and political obstacles, among a host of other issues. Whether i...