Hyderabad: Polling for six MLC seats from four districts will be held from 8 am to 4 pm on Sunday, bringing the curtains down on an intense tussle between the ruling and Opposition parties.
While Nalgonda and Khammam districts will elect one MLC each, two MLCs each will be elected from Ranga Reddy and Mahbubnagar districts. Votes would be counted on December 30 and results will be announced the same day.
The fierce tussle between the TRS and Opposition Congress, TD and Left parties to win the seats has seen candidates spending crores of rupees. Compared to the other districts, the contest for the Nalgonda MLC seat, with four contestants has generated much interest.
Congress candidate Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy, a former MP, is pitted against TRS candidate Tera Chinnapa Reddy in the district which is dominated by Congress bigwigs like TPCC chief Uttam Kumar Reddy and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly K. Jana Reddy, MPs Gutta Sukhender Reddy, Palvai Govardhan Reddy and five Congress MLAs, including Komatireddy Venkata Reddy, who said he would quit politics if his brother loses.
In Khammam, once supposed to be the bastion of Left parties, CPI veteran Puvvada Nageswara Rao is taking on TRS candidate and former MLC B. Laxminarayana, in Mahbubnagar, TRS nominees R. Jagdeeswar Reddy and Kasireddy Narayana Reddy are facing Congress nominee K. Damodar Reddy and TD’s Kottakota Dayakar Reddy.
In Ranga Reddy district, TRS nominees Patnam Narender Reddy and Sambhipur Raju are taking on Congress nominee A. Chandrasekhar and TD’s K. Venugopal.
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