Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) president Kalvakuntla Kavitha named journalist Akash Kolluru as the party’s candidate for the Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahabubnagar graduate MLC election. With this announcement, the party finalised its nominee for the upcoming polls in the constituency.
Kolluru has around 20 years of experience in national media. During his career, he worked with organisations including India Today, Republic TV, CNN-News18 and Dailyhunt. He held key responsibilities at these media organisations.
He completed his schooling at Hyderabad Public School. Subsequently, he graduated from Osmania University with a gold medal.
The TRS expressed confidence that graduates would support Kolluru because of his educational background and media experience. The party also cited his identity as a BC leader as an advantage in the contest.
Hyderabad graduate MLC election: TRS fields BC candidates in both seats
Earlier, the party had nominated Nalamasa Srikanth Goud for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduate MLC seat. He belongs to the BC community. Consequently, the latest announcement means the TRS has fielded BC candidates in both graduate constituencies.
Kavitha also announced appointments for election coordination. She named Dr Chitneni Raghu as the observer for the Hyderabad constituency.
In addition, advocate Ram Kalyan Challa was appointed in-charge of election strategy and the war room for both constituencies. The appointments covered campaign planning and coordination across the two seats.