Chaitanyaraju drops from race

 

MLC Chaitnyaraju has dropped from Rajya Sabha race. He has withdrawn his nominations and told the media that he is dropping from contest upon the advice of CM Kiran Kumar Reddy. However, Adhala Prabhakar Reddy has not withdrawn from race despite pressures from several Congress leaders. Hence, there are total seven contestants in fray for six seats. K.Keshav rao and Adhala Prabhakar Reddy has to garner support for winning the seat, while all others have sufficient backing from their respective parties and support of MLAs.