KCR announces candidates for 115 out of 119 seats in Telangana
The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)announced the first list of candidates, months ahead of the assembly polls in Telangana later this year.
There have been just seven changes, and most sitting MLAs have been retained.
115 of the total 119 candidates were announced today. Names for Narsapur, Nampally, Goshamahal, and Jangaon assembly constituencies are yet to be announced.
“We are confident of winning 95 to 105 seats,” K Chandrashekar Rao, who is looking to score a hat-trick in the southern state, said while releasing the names for 119 constituencies.
The Chief Minister, who represents the Gajwel constituency in the state assembly, will contest from one more seat this time — Kamareddy. Gampa Govardhan of the BRS has won the election from Kamareddy for four consecutive terms — 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2018.
KCR asserted that the BRS’s friendship with Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM will continue.