CM Revanth leaves for Delhi, to finalise party candidates for LS polls

He was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Minister and Congress Central Election Committee member N Uttam Kumar Reddy, and AICC Telangana in-charge Deepa Das Munshi.

Hyderabad: Congress MLC T Jeevan Reddy has been nominated to contest from Nizamabad parliamentary constituency in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.

In the latest list released on Wednesday night, the Congress nominated three other candidates, taking the total number of official candidates from Telangana to 13.

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While Patancheru MLA contestant Neelam Madhu will contest from Medak constituency, TPCC vice-president Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy will be the Congress candidate from Bhongir constituency.

Athram Sugana, a teacher, has been nominated to contest from Adilabad parliamentary constituency.

Earlier, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy left for Delhi to participate in the Congress Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting and finalise the candidates for eight more parliamentary constituencies for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.

He was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Minister and Congress CEC member N Uttam Kumar Reddy, and AICC Telangana in-charge Deepa Das Munshi.

The Telangana Congress leadership completed consultations with the party leaders and cadre over the Lok Sabha elections. Accordingly, they drafted a list of probable candidates after considering various parameters and finalised candidates during the CEC meeting.

The party is yet to announce candidates for the constituencies of Hyderabad, Warangal (SC), Khammam and Karimnagar will be released.