Vijayashanti, Addanki Dayakar, and Shankar Naik File MLC Nominations

Congress MLC candidates Vijayashanti, Addanki Dayakar, and Shankar Naik have filed their nominations in Telangana under the MLAs’ quota. Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka were present at the event.

Based on the strength of MLAs in the Legislative Assembly, Congress is expected to secure four MLC seats, while BRS is likely to get one. As part of its alliance commitment, Congress has allocated one of its four seats to the Communist Party of India (CPI). CPI candidate Nellikanti Satyam has filed his nomination for this seat.

During the 2023 Assembly elections, Congress had formed an alliance with CPI. CPI had initially sought two Assembly seats but was allotted only Kothagudem. In return, Congress had promised an MLC seat, which has now been fulfilled with this nomination.