HYDERABAD: The process to file nominations for the election of TRS party president began here on Sunday with MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha and several ministers filing the nomination papers on behalf of TRS president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at Telangana Bhavan.
While ministers Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Sabitha Indra Reddy, T Srinivas Yadav, G Jagdish Reddy, A Indrakaran Reddy, Satyavathi Rathod, E Dayakar Rao, S Niranjan Reddy, V Srinivas Goud, Ch Malla Reddy and P Ajay Kumar filed the nomination papers on behalf of KCR in the morning, KCR’s daughter and MLC Kalvakunta Kavitha, former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao’s daughter and MLC S Vani Devi, among others submitted nomination papers on behalf of the TRS supremo in the afternoon.
The TRS leaders submitted the papers proposing the name of KCR for the president’s post to returning officer and former MLC M Srinivas Reddy. The process for election of TRS president was set in motion on Sunday with the release of the poll schedule. Nominations will be accepted up to October 22. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be taken up on October 23. As per the schedule, October 24 is the last date for withdrawal of nominations.
Firstly, the election of the district presidents will be taken up followed by the party president’s election at the TRS plenary on October 25. The election is likely to be a mere formality as KCR has been getting elected unopposed as the TRS president since the inception of the party in 2001. About 6,500 party delegates from all over the state are expected to attend the plenary. Many more leaders are likely to propose the name of KCR and file nomination papers on his behalf before the last day of filing of nominations on October 22.
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