Telangana : Eatala Rajender to contest from two seats, clash with KCR

Telangana BJP MLA Eatala Rajender on Thursday, 12 October, announced that he would contest from two Assembly constituencies — Huzurabad and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s Gajwel — in the 30 November polls in the state.He made this announcement while interacting with the cadre in the Huzurabad Assembly constituency and seeking their blessings.

Chief MInister KCR won from Gajwel in the 2018 elections and a few weeks ago he declared he would also contest from two places — from Gajwel as well as Kamareddy Assembly constituency.

Interesting contest awaits

With Rajender deciding to contest from Gajwel along with Huzurabad, the contest between him and KCR would be more interesting this time.Of the total 119 Assembly seats in Telangana, the contest in Gajwel will be more attention-grabbing than any other.

Rajender made his intention clear, but whether the BJP central leadership would accept it or not is a question till the announcement of the candidates for all the 119 Assembly constituencies in the state.Rajender, who is also the BJP Election Management Committee chairman, won the by-election from Huzurabad on the BJP ticket in November 2021 after he resigned from the TRS (now BRS) and joined the national party.

He won the by-election with a margin of 23,855 votes.Rajender quit the BRS after he was dropped from the state Cabinet following land encroachment allegations.

Rajender was the health minister before he was dropped from the Cabinet.After joining the BJP, Rajender is striving to strengthen the saffron party in the state.

He coordinated with several leaders from other parties including the BRS and the Congress and persuaded them to join the BJP for a bright future.