<p>Hyderabad: The candidates of ruling Congress and its ally CPI on Monday filed their nominations for elections to the Telangana Legislative Council under MLA quota.</p>.<p>Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/a-revanth-reddy">A Revanth Reddy</a>, his cabinet colleagues and other leaders of Congress and CPI were present on the occasion.</p>.<p>The election to fill five vacancies in the council has been necessitated by the retirement of four sitting BRS MLCs and one AIMIM MLC.</p>.Congress announces MLC candidates, leaves one seat to ally CPI in Andhra.<p>Monday is the last day for filing nominations and polling is slated for March 20.</p>.<p>The AICC on Sunday announced the candidatures of Vijayashanthi, who is a popular actress of yesteryear, Dayakar and Shankar Naik.</p>.<p>Congress allotted one seat to its ally CPI, as part of its electoral alliance understanding. Nellikanti Satyam is the CPI candidate.</p>.<p>In the 119-member Telangana Legislative Assembly, the Congress has a strength of 65, while the main opposition BRS has 38, though 10 of its MLAs have shifted loyalties to Congress.</p>.<p>The Congress and BRS are expected to win four and one seats, respectively, based on their strength in the Assembly.</p>.<p>The BRS named Sravan Dasoju as its candidate in the MLC election.</p>
<p>Hyderabad: The candidates of ruling Congress and its ally CPI on Monday filed their nominations for elections to the Telangana Legislative Council under MLA quota.</p>.<p>Chief Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/a-revanth-reddy">A Revanth Reddy</a>, his cabinet colleagues and other leaders of Congress and CPI were present on the occasion.</p>.<p>The election to fill five vacancies in the council has been necessitated by the retirement of four sitting BRS MLCs and one AIMIM MLC.</p>.Congress announces MLC candidates, leaves one seat to ally CPI in Andhra.<p>Monday is the last day for filing nominations and polling is slated for March 20.</p>.<p>The AICC on Sunday announced the candidatures of Vijayashanthi, who is a popular actress of yesteryear, Dayakar and Shankar Naik.</p>.<p>Congress allotted one seat to its ally CPI, as part of its electoral alliance understanding. Nellikanti Satyam is the CPI candidate.</p>.<p>In the 119-member Telangana Legislative Assembly, the Congress has a strength of 65, while the main opposition BRS has 38, though 10 of its MLAs have shifted loyalties to Congress.</p>.<p>The Congress and BRS are expected to win four and one seats, respectively, based on their strength in the Assembly.</p>.<p>The BRS named Sravan Dasoju as its candidate in the MLC election.</p>