The party held its central election committee, led by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, today to finalise the names of the candidates….reports Asian Lite News
Congress releases its third list of candidates, comprising 16 names for Telangana Assembly polls
According to the list, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief Revanth Reddy is to contest against Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao from Kamareddy. Revanth Reddy will contest from two seats: Kodangal and Kamareddy.
Earlier, Revanth Reddy filed his nomination from Kodangal, where he suffered defeat in 2018. He was later elected to Lok Sabha from Malkajgiri in 2019.
On October 27, Congress released its second list of candidates, comprising 45 names, for the Telangana state assembly polls scheduled to take place next month.
The party has fielded former India cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin from the Jubilee Hills seat, while Madhu Goud Yaskhi has been fielded from Lal Bahadur Nagar.
The party held its central election committee, led by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, today to finalise the names of the candidates.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge chaired the CEC meeting. The party’s prominent leaders, like Sonia Gandhi and Salman Khurshid, along with others, were present at the meeting.
In the previous Assembly election in 2018, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), previously known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), won 88 of the 119 seats, hogging 47.4 per cent of the total vote share.
The Congress came in a distant second with just 19 seats.
The counting of votes for the Telangana Assembly will be held along with those of four other poll-bound states on December 3.
The Congress has also announced that senior leader and former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir will contest from Nizamabad Urban. A two-time MLA from Kamareddy, Shabbir had been contesting from Kamareddy for the last eight elections. This time the party has shifted him to Nizamabad Urban to make way for Revanth Reddy to challenge KCR.
With the announcement of third list consisting of 14 names, the Congress has announced candidates for 114 out of 119 seats. It also changed the candidates in two constituencies. (ANI)
