Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday finalised the names of the party's candidates for the three vacant Rajya Sabha seats from the State.
Hetero group Chairman and Managing Director Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy, businessman-turned-politician Vaddiraju Ravichandra (alias Gayatri Ravi) and Telangana Publications Private Limited Chairman and Managing Director D Damodar Rao are the party's candidates.
All three candidates have been informed about their selection, and asked to file their nominations at the earliest.
Damodar Rao has been a member of the TRS right from its launch. He worked as the party secretary (finance) and closely with K Chandrashekar Rao. He went on to become the Chairman and Managing Director of Telangana Publications Private Limited which publishes the Namasthe Telangana and Telangana Today newspapers.
Parthasaradhi Reddy played a key role in nurturing the Hetero group to emerge as one of the largest closely-held pharmaceutical companies in India, and also a world leader in the production of anti-retroviral drugs.
Vaddiraju Ravichandra is a granite businessman-turned-politician who contested the Assembly polls unsuccessfully in 2018 from Warangal Urban. He later joined the TRS and has been working for the party.