Hyderabad, Feb. 5 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has decided to not contest in the upcoming elections to three vacant MLC seats in Telangana, a party leader familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

The Election Commission on Monday issued the notification for the elections, scheduled to be held on February 27, to the three MLC seats in three constituencies -- Nalgonda-Khammam-Warangal teachers constituency; Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad-Karimnagar teachers constituency; and Karimnagar-Medak-Nizamabad-Adilabad graduates constituency.

Both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have decided to field their candidates. BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), however, told party leaders not to contest the elections or extend support...