HYDERABAD: BJP leader Eatala Rajender on Thursday said the Huzurabad assembly by-election will be a dress rehearsal before 2023 assembly elections. On the first day of his four-day tour to Huzurabad, which he represented in the assembly, Eatala said his followers and close aides are being harassed by the government. “This will not be tolerated. I will go to every household in Huzuabad and meet the people,” he said. BJP Dubbak MLA M Raghunandan Rao, who accompanied Eatala, said the assembly speaker did not allocate a separate room for BJP legislators, saying that the party fell short of mandatory strength of four members in the house. “Our numbers will increase soon, just wait and watch,” he said. The BJP has two MLAs — Raghunandan Rao and T Raja Singh representing Goshamahal seat.