Former Indian cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin who is the working president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee has said that he will fight the election from the Hyderabad seat in the upcoming assembly polls in the state.
The Congress last month constituted a 29-member state election committee for Telangana with state party president A Revanth Reddy as its chairperson. The state is slated to go to polls later this year.
According to a party statement, "The Congress president approved the proposal for the constitution of Pradesh Election Committee for the ensuing assembly elections in Telangana-2023, with immediate effect. Reddy, party MP and state unit chief, will head the panel."
The other members of the all-important panel include party MPs from the state N Uttar Kumar Reddy and Komatireddy Venkat Reddy.
In May this year, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao expressed confidence that the BRS would return to power in the state Assembly elections scheduled to be held later this year by winning between 95 to 105 seats out of the total 119.
Addressing party leaders in a meeting here, he said the public mood was in favour of BRS that was reflected in "some surveys".
BRS would definitely win 95-105 out of the total 119 Assembly seats, BRS sources quoted him as saying.
With inputs from PTI
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