Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao is not in the fray for the October 30 bypolls in Huzurabad and yet it is a prestige battle for him to quell any challenge to his leadership. BJP candidate Eatala Rajender is the reason Huzurabad has turned into a prestige battle for the Telangana Rashtra Samiti. 4-time MLA Rajender joined the BJP after he was removed as health minister by the chief minister in May following allegations of land-grabbing.