MLC polls: Ramana, Koti, Madhu among KCR picks

Hyderabad: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday finalised the names of candidates for a majority of the 12 MLC seats, under Local Authorities Constituencies (LAC) going to polls on December 10, before flying to Delhi. The last date for filing of nominations is November 23.

Though a formal announcement on the nominees is likely on Monday , a senior TRS leader told TOI that it is a mixture of old and new faces cleared by the TRS president. Several of the incumbent MLCs have been given tickets again, while KCR has rejected a few due to their poor performance and, instead, has given opportunity to fresh faces.

The CM along with his cabinet colleagues finalised the names taking into consideration image of the candidate, work performance, caste equation among other factors. The CM directed the ministers to cajole those who missed the bus not to get dejected and assure them that they would get important posts in future.

Former TDP state president L Ramana, who joined TRS before the by-poll to the Huzurabad assembly constituency, has reportedly been finalised from the Karimnagar local authorities constituency. From Nalgonda, MC

Koti

Reddy has been almost approved. Even Khammam MLC seat is likely to have a new face with T Madhu being the front runner to get the ticket. Likewise, Sai Chand seemed to have found favour with KCR for the Mahbubnagar MLC ticket.

The sitting MLCs who are likely to get tickets again are former minister Patnam Mahender Reddy from Ranga Reddy LAC, T Bhanu Prasad Rao from Karimnagar, Kasireddy Narayana Reddy from Mahbubnagar. A clarity on Nizamabad MLC seat is likely to come on Monday. Kalvakuntla Kavitha is the sitting MLC from this seat. If she is sent to Rajya Sabha, Akula Lalitha is the front runner for the seat.

There are two MLC LAC seats each in Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar and Rangareddy districts, while one seat each in Adilabad, Warangal, Nalgonda, Medak, Nizamabad and Khammam. The 12 MLCs under local authorities constituencies who would retire on January 4, 2022 include Puranam Satish Kumar (Adilabad), Pochampally Srinivas Reddy (Warangal), Tera Chinnapa Reddy (Nalgonda), V Bhoopal Reddy (Medak), Kalvakuntla Kavitha (Nizamabad), Balasani Laxminarayana (Khammam), T Bhanu Prasad Rao, Naradasu Laxman Rao (Karimnagar), Kasireddy Narayan Reddy, Kuchukalla Damodar Reddy (Mahabubnagar) and Patnam Mahender Reddy and Sunkari Raju (Rangareddy).