Hyderabad, Feb. 7 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday, February 6, alleged that the Congress has conceded defeat in the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation elections and entered into a "covert understanding" with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) to hand over the mayor's post.

Addressing a series of street-corner meetings across the corporation limits as part of the election campaign, Sanjay Kumar claimed that chief minister A Revanth Reddy avoided visiting Karimnagar after receiving intelligence inputs about an inevitable loss.

He said the chief minister turned back from Choppadandi without entering the city.

Taking a swipe at Revanth Reddy, Sanjay Kumar recalled the chief minister's ...