With 185 Candidates in the Race, Nizamabad to Use Ballot Paper

Most candidates are farmers who filed mass nominations to highlight their problems with remunerative prices.

Ballot papers will be used for polling in Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana as 185 candidates, a majority of them farmers, remained in fray for the next month's elections, officials said.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha is seeking re-election from the constituency, where the Congress has once again fielded Madhu Yaskhi Goud.

With the deadline for withdrawal of nominations coming to an end on Thursday, Chief Electoral Officer Rajath Kumar said.