BRS renominates Vaddiraju Ravichandra as Rajya Sabha candidate
Vaddiraju Ravichandra is the founder of the Gayatri Group which is into the granite and mining business. He also serves as the president of the Telangana Granite Quarry Owners Association.
HYDERABAD: The BRS has announced its decision to renominate Vaddiraju Ravichandra as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.
A decision was taken on Thursday after discussing with senior party leaders by BRS president K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR). The BRS said that Ravichandra would file his nomination on February 15, 2024 as per the directions of KCR.
Vaddiraju Ravichandra, commonly known as Gayatri Ravi, is the founder of the Gayatri Group, which is into the granite and mining business. He also serves as the president of the Telangana Granite Quarry Owners Association.
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Ravichandra also holds the honorary position of President for the Telangana Munnuru Kapu All Association JAC and the National Union of Backward Castes.
Formerly with the Congress, Ravichandra joined the BRS in 2019 after loss in the 2018 Assembly elections as the grand old party’s candidate from Warangal East constituency.
He was nominated to the Rajya Sabha for the first time by the BRS in 2022.