Bharat Rashtra Samithi names Maganti Sunitha for Jubilee Hills bypollParty chief K Chandrasekhar Rao said Sunitha’s candidature reflects public support for late MLA Gopinath’s family and his popularity in the constituency.
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BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao.
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Hyderabad: The BRS on Friday announced Maganti Sunitha as its candidate for the Jubilee Hills assembly constituency bypoll in Telangana.
Sunitha is the widow of Maganti Gopinath, the BRS MLA from Jubilee Hills whose death in June necessitated the by-election. BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao chose to field Sunita, citing people's desire to support Gopinath's family and the late MLA's popularity in Jubilee Hills, a BRS release said.
The Election Commission is yet to announce the schedule for bypoll in Jubilee Hills.