With just a week or 10 days left for the announcement of schedule for the by-election to the Jubilee Hills assembly constituency in Hyderabad, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi quickly decided its candidate, ahead of its political rivals – the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.

On Friday, BRS president K Chandrashekar Rao announced Maganti Sunitha Gopinath as the party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election to the Jubilee Hills assembly seat.

She is the widow of sitting MLA Maganti Gopinath, whose sudden death necessitated the by-election.

An official statement from the BRS said KCR has decided to nominate late Gopinath’s wife, Maganti Sunitha, as the candidate giving priority to the wishes of Jubilee Hills residents and recognizing the late leader’s services,

Party sources said the d

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