The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has named former MLA K Prabhakar Reddy as its candidate for the byelection to Munugode Assembly constituency.
The nominations for election opened on Friday with the issue of election notification and would continue till October 14 with holiday on October 8 (second Saturday) and 9 (Sunday).
The choice of candidate fell on Mr. Reddy after hectic consultations within the party owing to the emergence of multiple aspirants for the ticket. A large group of elected representatives of the party in the constituency also threatened to work for the defeat of Mr. Reddy if his candidature was finalised. They relented with the intervention of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
