The party has nominated Addanki Dayakar, Kethavath Shankar Naik, and Vijayashanthi. One seat has been allotted to its ally, the Communist Party of India.
Published Mar 09, 2025 | 10:29 PM ⚊ Updated Mar 09, 2025 | 10:29 PM
Synopsis: The Telangana Congress has announced three candidates for the upcoming Telangana Legislative Council elections under the MLA quota, while allotting one seat to its ally, the CPI.
The Congress party on Sunday, 9 March, announced three candidates for the upcoming Telangana Legislative Council elections under the Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) quota, scheduled for 20 March. The elections will fill five seats in the Telangana Legislative Council.
Amid intense competition for the positions, the party has nominated Addanki Dayakar, Kethavath Shankar Naik, and Vijayashanthi. One seat has been allotted to its ally, the Communist Party of India (CPI).
#Telangana: #Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the candidature of the following candidates for the upcoming biennial MLA’s quote MLC elections.
– Addanki Dayakar, Telangana Congress general secretary and senior spokesperson.
– Kethavath Shankar Naik, Nalgonda… pic.twitter.com/2klmDEc5go— South First (@TheSouthfirst) March 9, 2025
Despite reports of lobbying by the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) for a seat, the Congress has retained all three seats it is assured of winning due to its strength in the assembly.
The party’s selection includes key figures involved in managing party operations and district Congress committees.
Addanki Dayakar, general secretary of the Telangana Congress and a senior spokesperson, contested the 2018 elections from the Thungathurthy assembly constituency, a Scheduled Caste (SC) reserved seat, where he finished as runner-up to Gadari Kishore Kumar of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).
Kethavath Shankar Naik serves as the Nalgonda district Congress committee president.
Actor-turned-politician Vijayashanthi, who resigned from the Congress in 2020 to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before returning to the Congress in November 2023, has secured the final nomination.
(Edited by Dese Gowda)
