Telangana Election 2023: Congress releases second list, Azharuddin to contest from Jubilee Hills

2024-02-07

The Congress on Friday released its second list of 45 candidates, fielding former India cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin from Jubilee Hills constituency. With the latest list, the party has so far declared 100 names of candidates. The state has 119 assembly constituencies.

The state goes to polls on November 30 and counting of votes will be on December 3.

Weeks before the Telangana assembly polls, Raj Gopal Reddy returned to the Congress fold earlier in the day, more than a year after quitting the grand old party to join the BJP.

Cricketer-turned-politician Azharuddin has been fielded from Jubilee Hills. He has been an MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad.

Earlier in the day, the Congress leadership deliberated upon the names of candidates for the Telangana assembly polls at a crucial meeting of the party’s Central Election Committee in Delhi. Chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the meeting was attended by former party chief Sonia Gandhi, besides members of the committee and Telangana leaders, including PCC chief A Revanth Reddy. The Congress had also held a meeting of the CEC for Telangana on Wednesday.

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