HYDERABAD: With the withdrawal of nominations ending, 525 candidates in fray for 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana. While Secunderabad has the highest number of candidates (45), Adilabad has the lowest (12).
Candidates and parties have begun full-fledged campaigning but their real test is soaring temperatures. Chief minister A Revanth Reddy is actively campaigning for his party candidates covering 2-3 constituencies in a day and BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao is taking part in a bus yatra and holding roadshows as he wants to win at least 10-12 seats after the loss in Nov 2023 assembly polls.
Some notable withdrawals include former Union minister and Congress rebel Sarvey Satyanarayana and Jamuna Eatala, wife of Malkajgiri BJP candidate Eatala Rajender. She filed as a dummy candidate. Several independent candidates have also pulled out of the race.
Election authorities rejected some nominations, including that of senior actor and former minister P Babu Mohan from Warangal and former MP and BSP candidate Manda Jagannadham from Nagarkurnool.
Some big guns are in the fray this time. From Congress, T Jeevan Reddy, Danam Nagender and Mallu Ravi are in the fray. BJP has G Kishan Reddy, Bandi Sanjay and Eatala Rajender. B Vinod Kumar, Nama Nageswara Rao and RS Praveen Kumar from BRS are testing their luck in the May 13 polls.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi is aiming for a fifth straight win from Hyderabad, while BJP’s Madhavi Latha says she is optimistic she will make the Majlis chief bite the dust this time.
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