HYDERABAD: Former minister and
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLA from Siddipet
T Harish Rao
on Friday said the Congress has practically given up hope on its chances in the Lok Sabha elections and the TRS would win in all the constituencies in the state.
Harish Rao accompanied
TRS Lok Sabha candidate Kotha Prabhakar Reddy
when the latter filed his nomination from Medak seat. Reddy is seeking re-election from this seat.
Addressing a press conference, Harish Rao said Prabhakar Reddy would win with the biggest margin in Medak. He further pointed out that Gajwel assembly constituency, which is represented by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, would soon get a railway line. "For Telangana to get funds from the Centre, it is important for the TRS to win from 16 of the total 17 constituencies in the state," he said.
Nizamabad MP Kavitha Kalvakuntla, who is seeking a re-election, also filed her nomination papers on Friday. She was accompanied by her husband D
Anil Kumar. TRS candidate Gaddam Ranjith Reddy also filed his nomination from Chevella Lok Sabha seat.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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