• By Abhirupa Kundu
  • Thu, 02 Nov 2023 03:04 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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Telangana Assembly Election 2023: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released the third list comprising 35 candidates for the Telangana Assembly Elections scheduled to be held on November 30 to elect all 119 members of the state. The counting is scheduled to take place on December 3. 

The BJP has fielded Lankala Deepak Reddy against cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin (Congress) in Jubilee Hills constituency. With the current list, the saffron camp in total has fielded 88 candidates for the upcoming polls.  

As per the list, two BJP parliament members G Kishan Reddy and K Laxman who earlier unsuccessfully contested for Telangana Assembly have been kept aside for the polls this year. 

In the 2018 Assembly Elections, Telangana BJP chief Kishan Reddy, a Lok Sabha member from Secunderabad, contested from Amberpet and lost to BRS sitting MLA K Venkatesh, while Laxman was defeated in Musheerabad segment by his BRS rival M Gopal. Laxman was nominated to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh last year.
 
A senior BJP leader told news agency PTI that names for some of the seats have not been announced, keeping in view of the ongoing talks with Pawan Kalyan-led Janasena party.

The party sources said Janasena would be offered six to seven seats in districts bordering Andhra Pradesh.

C Krishna Yadav, former minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh, is being nominated for the Amberpet segment, while Poosa Raju will contest from Musheerabad.
 
Actor and former minister Babu Mohan and senior leader Marri Shahshidhar Reddy's names also figured in the list. The party also nominated trade union leader Ashwathama Reddy.

Three Lok Sabha MPs, including its former Telangana president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, figured in the BJP's first list of 52 candidates.

The BJP has also given ticket to its firebrand Hindutva leader T Raja Singh from his Goshamahal seat after revoking his suspension, effected last year for alleged insulting remarks towards Prophet Mohammad.

Its election committee head Etela Rajender has been fielded from Huzurabad, a seat the former BRS leader represents in the outgoing assembly. 


(With agency inputs)