Hyderabad, March 5 Congress candidates Abhishek Singhvi and Vem Narender Reddy filed their nominations at the Telangana Legislative Assembly here on Thursday for the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha.
The duo is contesting to fill two vacant seats in the Rajya Sabha from the state.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and other leaders were present when they filed the nominations.
It is expected that Singhvi and Narender Reddy will be elected unopposed, as the opposition BRS has not indicated any intention to field candidates.
The deadline for filing nominations is Thursday.
Singhvi has been renominated from Telangana after serving a term of one and a half years.
Singhvi and Narender Reddy expressed gratitude to the party leadership for nominating them to the upper house of Parliament and vowed to serve the interests of the state.
"I believe that many of the initiatives we are also supporting in the Supreme Court are in the public interest of this great state," Singhvi told reporters.
He thanked AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and other party leaders for nominating him again to the Rajya Sabha.
Narender Reddy, a close aide of CM Revanth Reddy, said he would fight for the interests of the state in the Rajya Sabha.
He also thanked the party high command and other party leaders for naming him as a candidate.
