TRS picks Nomula Bhagat for Sagar by-poll

KCR banks on sympathy factor again

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has favoured the sympathy factor one more time by picking up Nomula Bhagat Kumar, son of deceased legislator Nomula Narasimhaiah who passed away on December 1 last following a brief illness, as the party candidate for the Nagarjunasagar Assembly by-election. Party president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has finalised the name of Mr. Bhagat following several rounds of consultations with the erstwhile Nalgonda district leaders of the party. The candidature was finalised after several names were taken into consideration along with that of Mr. Bhagat. KCR handed over the B-Form to Mr. Bhagat in Telangana Bhavan, the party headquarters, here on Monday evening along with a cheque of ₹28 lakh for electioneering. Minister G. Jagadish Reddy, MP J. Santosh Kumar, MLCs Sheri Subhash Reddy, Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, Tera Chinnapa Reddy and Madireddy Srinivas Reddy, party general secretaries Ravula Shravan Kumar Reddy and family members of Mr. Bhagat and party leaders from Nagarjunasagar constituency were present.