Congress on Sunday announced the names of candidates for the ensuing biennial elections to the Legislative Council of Telangana.
“The Congress President, Mallikarjun Kharge, has approved the proposal for the candidature of the following persons as Congress candidates to contest the ensuing biennial elections to the Legislative Council of Telangana to be elected by the MLAs,” said INC sharing the names.
The party has fielded Addanki Dayakar, Kethavath Shankar Naik and Vijayashanti.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced biennial elections to fill vacancies each in the Legislative Councils of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Meanwhile, Janasena leader K Nagendra Rao (Naga Babu), the elder brother of party chief and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, filed his nomination for the upcoming MLC elections on Friday.
The Election Commission recently notified the biennial elections for five Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council seats, to be elected by MLAs, with polling scheduled for March 20.
