BJP Telangana third list: The BJP on Thursday (November 2) released its third list of candidates for the upcoming Telangana elections 2023, fielding Lankala Deepak Reddy against Congress candidate cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin from the Jubilee Hills constituency.
With the latest list, the party has so far released 88 names of candidates for the polls of the state assembly which has 119 seats.
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. Trade union leader Ashwathama Reddy will be contesting from Wanaparthy.
The first list with 52 names and the second list with just one name were released by the party earlier.
The names were finalised after the Central Election Committee of the BJP met, which was presided over by party president JP Nadda. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and other members of the panel met on November 1 to decide on the names of candidates for the party’s third list.
Telangana is set to go to polls on November 30 and counting of votes will be on December 3.
