The Congress nominees submitted their nomination papers to the Returning Officer at Telangana Assembly and they were accompanied by the chief minister Revanth Reddy and other senior party leaders.
On floor Parliament, the PM had said that her laughter reminded her of a character from the Ramayana TV serial; later, BJP leaders suggested he meant Ravana's sister Surpanakha.
Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury said she will file a defamation case against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the alleged Surpanakha comment made in Parliament in 2018.