Hyderabad, Oct. 30 -- Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) President K Kavitha on Friday, October 30, named journalist Akash Kolluru as the party's candidate for the Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahabubnagar Graduates' constituency in the Telangana Legislative Council elections.

Kolluru is the second candidate from the Backwards Classes (BC) community that the party has picked for the Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) Graduates' polls. Earlier, the party had fielded Nalamasa Srikanth Goud, also from the BC community, for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda seat.

A Hyderabad resident, Kolluru has worked in national media for more than a decade. He has served in organisations including India Today, Republic TV, CNN-News18 and Dailyhunt.

He completed hi...