BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao names Gaddam Srinivas as Hyderabad candidate

HYDERABAD: Educationist and social activist from Goshamahal, Gaddam Srinivas Yadav, will take on incumbent MP, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi from Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency in what is being billed as a heavyweight bout in the May 13 elections. BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao announced the candidature of Srinivas Yadav from Hyderabad. With this, the BRS has announced candidates for all the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana.

Srinivas Yadav, 54, who served as chairman of 'City Granthalaya Samstha' in Hyderabad during former CM of undivided Andhra Pradesh YS Rajasekhara Reddy's term, aspired for Goshamal assembly ticket to fight against his rival, BJP heavyweight T Raja Singh. But, the BRS leadership fielded Nand Kishore Vyas from Goshamahal in Nov 2023 assembly elections.

Before joining the BRS in 2015, Srinivas Yadav worked as a NSUI leader and later was made vice-president of Youth Congress. Promoter of Hindavi group of educational institutions, he also heads Gaddam Gangadhar Yadav Foundation.

Hyderabad constituency is a stronghold of AIMIM, which has been winning the seat for the last four decades. BJP has named Virinchi Hospitals chairperson Madhavi Latha, while Congress is likely to field Supreme Court lawyer Tabassum to fight against Owaisi. If Tabassum is named, Owaisi will be up against two women and an educationist. Owaisi is a four-term MP from Hyderabad and has been winning the seat since 2004.

BRS and AIMIM were friendly allies and after Nov 2023 elections, the latter has been warming up to the Congress govt in the state.


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