<p>Hyderabad: Former Indian cricket team captain Mohammed Azharuddin who contested the polls on his home pitch in Telangana for the first time, did not have a pleasant opening as his BRS rival stumped him out comfortably.</p><p>Azharuddin, who contested the election from the Jubilee Hills constituency in Hyderabad, lost to Maganti Gopinath, the sitting MLA, by 16,337 votes.</p><p>Gopinath secured 80,549 votes, while Azharuddin, known for his stylish batting and sharp fielding during the heydays of his cricketing career, got 64,212 votes.</p><p>BJP's Lankala Deepak Reddy obtained 25,866 votes.</p>.Congress MLAs in Telangana resolve to authorise AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge to appoint CLP leader.<p>Azharuddin, who hails from Hyderabad, began his political innings with a bang by winning from the Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh in 2009 on behalf of Congress.</p><p>However, he lost from Rajasthan's Tonk-Sawai Madhopur in 2014. He is the Working President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC).</p><p>Azharuddin, who faced the tough task of taking on the BRS' sitting MLA Gopinath, was engaged in a triangular contest with the AIMIM fielding M.D Rashed Farazuddin who secured 7,848 votes.</p><p>The Jubilee Hills seat is home to more than one lakh Muslim voters.</p><p>Azharuddin had earlier alleged that AIMIM indulged in splitting of votes, which the party has been doing in the past too.</p>
<p>Hyderabad: Former Indian cricket team captain Mohammed Azharuddin who contested the polls on his home pitch in Telangana for the first time, did not have a pleasant opening as his BRS rival stumped him out comfortably.</p><p>Azharuddin, who contested the election from the Jubilee Hills constituency in Hyderabad, lost to Maganti Gopinath, the sitting MLA, by 16,337 votes.</p><p>Gopinath secured 80,549 votes, while Azharuddin, known for his stylish batting and sharp fielding during the heydays of his cricketing career, got 64,212 votes.</p><p>BJP's Lankala Deepak Reddy obtained 25,866 votes.</p>.Congress MLAs in Telangana resolve to authorise AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge to appoint CLP leader.<p>Azharuddin, who hails from Hyderabad, began his political innings with a bang by winning from the Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh in 2009 on behalf of Congress.</p><p>However, he lost from Rajasthan's Tonk-Sawai Madhopur in 2014. He is the Working President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC).</p><p>Azharuddin, who faced the tough task of taking on the BRS' sitting MLA Gopinath, was engaged in a triangular contest with the AIMIM fielding M.D Rashed Farazuddin who secured 7,848 votes.</p><p>The Jubilee Hills seat is home to more than one lakh Muslim voters.</p><p>Azharuddin had earlier alleged that AIMIM indulged in splitting of votes, which the party has been doing in the past too.</p>