Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekhar Rao announced the nomination of T Padma Rao Goud as its candidate from the Secunderabad Parliamentary seat for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Padma Rao Goud is currently serving as the party’s MLA from Secunderabad constituency.
He served as the minister for Excise and Prohibition, Sports and Youth Services in KCR’s cabinet between 2014-18. Later he served as the deputy speaker of the state legislative assembly.
The party has already announced its candidates for some constituencies including Ragidi Laxma Reddy for Malkajigiri, Athram Sakku for Adilabad, Nama Nageswara Rao for Khammam, Maloth Kavitha for Mahabubabad, Koppula Eshwar for Peddpalli, Boinapalli Vinod Kumar for Karimnagar, Manne Srinivas Reddy for Mahabubnagar, Bajireddy Goverdhan for Nizamabad, Dr. Kadiyam Kavya for Warangal, Kasani Gnaneshwar for Chevella, Gali Anil Kumar for Zaheerabad, Venkatram Reddy from Medak and RS Praveen Kumar from Nagarkurnool.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has re-fielded state BJP chief and Union minister G Kishan Reddy and the Congress nominated Danam Nagender, who recently ditched the BRS from Secunderabad.
As per the schedule for LS polls announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the state will go to the ballot on May 13.
