evidence: Former minister and BJP lawmaker Eatala Rajender will fight against Bharat Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao from Gajwel assembly constituency [...] He came out of the party in June 2021 and joined the BJP. He resigned from the TRS and contested the by-elections to Huzurabad seat to win the same with a big margin of over 20,000 votes. He has since been playing an important role in the state BJP. [...] The BJP has given tickets to former MLAs, including A Maheshwar Reddy from Nirmal, T Aruna Tara from Jukkal (SC), Bodiga Shobha from Choppadandi (SC), Arepalli Mohan from Manakondur (SC), Kuna Srisailam Goud from Qutbullapur, Chintala Ramachandra Reddy from Khairatabad, Sankineni Venkateshwar Rao from Suryapet, G Vijayarama Rao from Station Ghanpur (SC) and Ravindra Naik from Yellandu (ST).