Telangana Assembly polls 2018: TRS announces 10 more candidates

In picture: KCR gestures to his supporters during a victory procession for the formation of Telangana state. | Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), founded in 2001 with a one-point agenda of creating a separate Telangana state, is a major contender. TRS was emerged as the largest political party in 2014 assembly elections after winning 63 out of 119 seats and formed the first government in the state. (Reuters)

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on November 14 announced 10 more candidates for the December 7 Legislative Assembly elections in the state. The party had earlier declared candidates for 107 Assembly segments. The total number of constituencies is 119.

The latest list includes former minister Danam Nagender who will contest from Khairatabad in Hyderabad.

Nagender, a former Congress leader who served as a minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh, joined TRS in June this year.

According to a TRS press release, candidates for the remaining two seats -- Musheerabad and Kodad -- would be declared in one or two days after party president K Chandrasekhar Rao completes consultations with senior party leaders.

TRS is going alone in the Assembly elections. The process of filing nominations began Monday last and it concludes on November 19.

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