The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Sunday announced SurabhiVani Devi, daughter of former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao, as it's candidate for the coming polls to the Telangana Legislative Council from the Graduates' constituency.
TRS President and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao decided Vani Devi's candidature, party sources said. Vani Devi, an artist and academic,will file her nomination papers on Monday for the Mahabubnagar - Rangareddy- Hyderabad Graduates' constituency, they said.
Biennial elections to the Legislative Council from two Graduates' constituencies would be held on March 14. The TRS government has been organising year-long centenary celebrations of late Narasimha Rao, a native of Telangana, since last June.
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