HYDERABAD: Ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate Vaddiraju Ravichandra was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Telangana. A press note was issued to this effect by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer here. The vacancy arose following the resignation of sitting TRS MP Banda Prakash.The ECI issued notification for by-polls to the vacant seat on May 11.
HYDERABAD: TRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao cleared the names for the three vacant Rajya Sabha seats on Wednesday. Hetero Group chairman and managing director Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy, businessman-turned-politician Vaddiraju Ravichandra and Telangana Publications Groups chairman, and managing director D Damodar Rao, were selected as the TRS party