The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released a list of 14 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Telangana on Friday. Notably, this is BJPs fifth list of candidates for the state.According to the sources, the party has fielded Ramchander Rao from Malkajgiri and Deshpandey Rajeshwar Rao from Sangareddy.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) releases a list of 14 candidates for the ensuing General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Telangana. pic.twitter.com/y2vVKDlgzO— ANI (@ANI) November 10, 2023Ramchander Rao is a member of the BJP Executive Committee, and President of the BJPs Hyderabad unit and also an active member of the Bar Council of India. Rao has served as the Member of Telangana Legislative Council (MLC) for Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar Graduates Constituency from 2015 to 2021.Similarly, Deshpandey Rajeshwar Rao is a BJP State Executive member.The fifth list of the candidates has come after union minister Anurag Thakur held a road show for the campaigning. #WATCH | Telangana Elections | Union Minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur held a road show and public rally in the state today.He said, Only BJP and Lotus can be seen up to 10 kms from here. Youth who have pledged to throw out corrupt KCR and BRS are on the streets. pic.twitter.com/3l88Ae25BV— ANI (@ANI) November 9, 2023Earlier on November 7, the BJP released its fourth list of candidates, which comprised of 12 names including prominent leaders like former Karimnagar and former Zilla Parishad Chairperson Tula Uma (Vemulawada) and Bomma Sriram Chakravarthy (Husnabad).On the other hand, the Central Election Committee of the Congress Party released its final list of candidates for the ensuing elections to the Telangana assembly on Thursday.In the upcoming Assembly elections, Telangana is all set to witness a triangular contest between the BJP, the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi, and the Congress.People of Telangana will vote for assembly elections on November 30 and counting of votes, along with those of four other poll-bound states, has been scheduled for December 3.In the previous Assembly election in the state in 2018, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), previously known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), won 88 of the 119 seats, hogging 47.4% of the total vote share. The Congress came in a distant second with just 19 seats.(With inputs from ANI)
