Hyderabad: Two members have been nominated by Congress party from Telangana, Senior Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury and M Anil Kumar Yadav for the Rajya Sabha elections scheduled on February 27.
Senior Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury will be contesting for the second time of Rajya Sabha. She was a Rajya Sabha member from April 3, 2012 to April 2, 2018.
Chowdhury was also a member of the Lok Sabha from October 1999 to January 2006.
Minister of tourism and also minister of women and child development during her tenure. In her long political carrier from 1984 onwards, Chowdhary who was a part of Telugu Desam Party quit and joined Congress.
The second is Anil Kumar Yadav, son of Anjan Kumar Yadav who is from Musheerabad constituency and Ex-president of the Telangana Youth Congress.