Hyderabad, Aug. 11 -- TRS supremo and Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) is leaving no stone unturned for the upcoming Huzurabad by-election. First it was the Dalit Bandhu scheme (under which eligible beneficiaries get Rs. 10 lakh), and Wednesday's announcement of Gellu Srinivas Yadav as the TRS candidate for the by-poll pretty much shows that KCR does not want to leave any stone unturned.

The fact that the ruling TRS will be facing an ex-party member and former state cabinet minister, Eatala Rajender, who is now with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), means that KCR does not want to take any chances. Gellu Srinivas Yadav, the candidate, is a former student leader from Osmania University. A Ph.D holder, he has ...