Hyderabad: Wasn’t there Prakash Raj, Neither was Motkupalli Narasimhulu nor B Vinod Kumar. There was no mention of Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy either. After guessing everyone in the last two-three days, TRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Three new faces, including the honor of a pharma company, were chosen on Wednesday to fill three vacant slots in the Rajya Sabha. Telangana,
Thursday is the last date for filing nominations for a seat whose term ends in April 2024.
For that matter, all three of KCR’s choices are businessman-industrial – Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy, chairman and managing director of Hetero Drugs, Vadiraju, chief promoter of Gayatri Group of Companies. Ravi Chandra and Divakonda Damodar Rao – CMD of Telangana Publications Pvt Ltd – who will represent the TRS in the upper house.
Elections, if necessary, will be held on June 10 as the ruling TRS has enough numbers (voters) to win all three seats. After finalizing the names, KCR handed over the B-forms to the candidates who had met him at Pragati Bhavan.
Prime mover Prakash Raj misses out
Two other candidates will file their nominations in the next few days.
Parthasaradhi and Damodar Rao are from the OC community and Ravi Chandra is the BC candidate. Parthasaradhi Reddy, Damodar Rao is from Velama (KCR’s community) and Ravi Chandra Munnuru is from Kapu community.
Actor Prakash Raj, who is believed to be playing a key role in KCR’s plans to foray into national politics, surprisingly did not name the TRS chief, though he was certainly billed. Even senior Dalit community leaders like Motkupalli and former MPs Manda Jagannadham and Ajmeera Sitaram Naik missed the bus, among whom the selection of Motkupalli was a foregone conclusion, everyone thought, but KCR again pitched in for Ravi Chandra. surprised.
Parthasaradhi is the founder and head of Hetero Drugs, a Hyderabad-based generic drug company. Born in a farming family in Khammam district, he did his M.Sc (Organic Chemistry) and PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Osmania University. He has worked as a scientist with various organizations. His Hetero Drugs is included in the top 10 pharma companies in the country.
Ravi Chandra is the founder and main promoter of the Gayatri Group, which is into the granite and mining business and industry. He had joined the TRS in April 2019 after unsuccessfully contesting the 2018 elections on a Congress ticket from the Warangal East assembly constituency. Apart from being the President of Telangana Granite Mine Owners Association, Ravi Chandra is also the Honorary President of Telangana Munnuru Kapu Association JAC and National Union. of backward castes.
On the other hand, a law graduate Damodar Rao has been a TRS man since its inception and is known to be a close associate of KCR.
Thursday is the last date for filing nominations for a seat whose term ends in April 2024.
For that matter, all three of KCR’s choices are businessman-industrial – Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy, chairman and managing director of Hetero Drugs, Vadiraju, chief promoter of Gayatri Group of Companies. Ravi Chandra and Divakonda Damodar Rao – CMD of Telangana Publications Pvt Ltd – who will represent the TRS in the upper house.
Elections, if necessary, will be held on June 10 as the ruling TRS has enough numbers (voters) to win all three seats. After finalizing the names, KCR handed over the B-forms to the candidates who had met him at Pragati Bhavan.
Prime mover Prakash Raj misses out
Two other candidates will file their nominations in the next few days.
Parthasaradhi and Damodar Rao are from the OC community and Ravi Chandra is the BC candidate. Parthasaradhi Reddy, Damodar Rao is from Velama (KCR’s community) and Ravi Chandra Munnuru is from Kapu community.
Actor Prakash Raj, who is believed to be playing a key role in KCR’s plans to foray into national politics, surprisingly did not name the TRS chief, though he was certainly billed. Even senior Dalit community leaders like Motkupalli and former MPs Manda Jagannadham and Ajmeera Sitaram Naik missed the bus, among whom the selection of Motkupalli was a foregone conclusion, everyone thought, but KCR again pitched in for Ravi Chandra. surprised.
Parthasaradhi is the founder and head of Hetero Drugs, a Hyderabad-based generic drug company. Born in a farming family in Khammam district, he did his M.Sc (Organic Chemistry) and PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Osmania University. He has worked as a scientist with various organizations. His Hetero Drugs is included in the top 10 pharma companies in the country.
Ravi Chandra is the founder and main promoter of the Gayatri Group, which is into the granite and mining business and industry. He had joined the TRS in April 2019 after unsuccessfully contesting the 2018 elections on a Congress ticket from the Warangal East assembly constituency. Apart from being the President of Telangana Granite Mine Owners Association, Ravi Chandra is also the Honorary President of Telangana Munnuru Kapu Association JAC and National Union. of backward castes.
On the other hand, a law graduate Damodar Rao has been a TRS man since its inception and is known to be a close associate of KCR.