Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday said BRS won't enter into an alliance with any party for the upcoming Assembly election and contest on its own. KCR made the announcement as he released the candidate list for 115 of 119 seats for the polls.
"Hum kisi ke saath alliance nahi karengey (We will not enter into alliance with anyone)," PTI quoted KCR as saying. The state assembly polls are expected to be held towards the end of the year.
Addressing a news conference in Hyderabad, CM KCR said candidates were changed in only eight assembly constituencies. The candidates for remaining four seats will be announced later.
The BRS has denied tickets to sitting MLAs in eight constituencies, including Kamareddy, from where CM KCR will be contesting, in addition to Gajwel, which he currently represents. Boath, Khanapur, Wyra, Korutla, Uppal, Asifabad, and Metpally are the other constituencies where the ruling party has not given tickets to the sitting legislators.
Chief Minister KCR will contest from Gajwel in Siddipet district and Kamareddy in Kamareddy district. Gampa Govardhan was elected from Kamareddy in the 2018 election. KCR mentioned that he was contesting from Kamareddy at the request of the MLA and other leaders from the district.
His son and state minister KT Rama Rao will once again contest from Sircilla, while his nephew and state minister T Harish Rao will seek re-election from Siddipet.
KCR announced that the candidates for Narsapur, Jangaon, Nampally, and Goshamahal constituencies will be announced in 3–4 days.
The BRS chief said that his party would win between 95-105 seats out of the total 119 in the upcoming Assembly polls.
The BRS won 88 seats in the 2018 elections. Sixteen MLAs from Congress, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), and a couple of independents later joined the BRS.
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