3 MPs in Telangana BJP’s 1st list of 52, Eatala pitted against KCR

The BJP has released its first list of 52 candidates for the Telangana assembly polls. The list includes three of the party’s sitting MPs, who will be pitted against Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and other prominent candidates. Controversial MLA T Raja Singh has also been renominated, and the party has fielded three BJP MLAs in the assembly. The list does not include the names of Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and Rajya Sabha MP K Laxman, who are unlikely to contest the polls. The second list will be released after Vijayadashami.