YSR Telangana party (YSRTP) president Y.S. Sharmila announced that she would contest the next Assembly elections from Palair constituency in Khammam district.
She made the announcement on Sunday at a meeting with key functionaries of the YSRTP, as part of her ongoing Praja Prasthanam padayatra near Mujjugudem, in Nelakondapalli mandal.
The announcement comes at a time when the YSRTP has set it sights on Khammam district, considered as the political nerve centre of south Telangana, bordering Andhra Pradesh well ahead of the next Assembly polls due in 2023.