Warangal bypoll: TRS, Opp parties to name nominees in 2-3 days

The ruling TRS, Opposition Congress and TDP-BJP combine would announce their candidates for the November 21 by-election to Warangal (SC) Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana in the next couple of days. TRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao held a meeting with party leaders today and appointed state Ministers as in-charges to oversee preparations for the Assembly segments under Warangal Lok Sabha constituency, Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari told reporters. Rao would campaign in Warangal either on November 17 or 18, he said. AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh, who held consultations with party leaders on selection of candidate here today, said the nominee would be announced in 2-3 days. "The candidate for Warangal will be decided in 2-3 days," Singh told reporters. Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy and other party leaders held confabulations on the selection of candidate and also the strategy for the bypoll. BJP leader Shekhar Rao expressed confidence that the party candidate would win the election. The process of filing nominations for the bypoll began yesterday and it will go on till November 4. Counting of votes would be taken up on November 24. The bypoll is necessitated by the resignation of sitting MP Srihari (TRS) after he became Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana.