Ravindra Kumar gets surprise Rajya Sabha nomination from TDP

VIJAYWADA: Springing a last-minute surprise, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday nominated legal cell in-charge K

Ravindra Kumar

as the ruling party's second RajyaSabha candidate. It was already announced earlier that sitting RS member C M Ramesh will be renominated.

The last-minute selection of Ravindra Kumar comes as a surprise to many as the name of party spokesperson Varla Ramaiah, who belongs to the SC community, was almost finalised. Sources said Ravindra Kumar has been arguing cases for the party for the past 20 years.