Hyderabad (Telangana): As many as 28 candidates are in the fray for the October 21 Huzurnagar Assembly by-election after the withdrawal of nominations on Thursday, official sources said on Friday.
The by-poll was necessitated following the resignation of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President (TPCC) N Uttam Kumar Reddy following his election to the Lok Sabha.
The Huzurnagar by-poll is set to witness a multi-cornered fight as candidates of all major parties, including Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the Congress, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have entered the fray.
The Congress has fielded Uttam Kumar Reddy's wife N Padmavati Reddy, a former MLA, in the by-poll, while TRS has re-nominated S Saidi Reddy, who lost to Uttam Kumar Reddy in the 2018 Assembly polls.
The Telangana Jana Samithi has announced its support for Congress while CPI pledged support to the ruling TRS after talks with the Sonia Gandhi-led party failed.
The CPI bitterly fought the TRS earlier in alliance with the Congress and TDP in the December 2018 Assembly polls.
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