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Hyderabad: Former Maoist ideologue and revolutionary balladeer Gaddar on Wednesday said he was ready to contest the elections against Telangana Chief Minister K.
Chandrasekhar Rao as the joint candidate of opposition parties. Gaddar, who met Congress president Rahul Gandhi last week, said if all opposition parties make a request to him to contest from Gajwel and ensure that the opposition votes are not divided, he will contest the December 11 election. Rao, who is also President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), is seeking re-election from Gajwel in the coming elections to Telangana assembly. Gaddar said he did not belong to any party but would support any party to end what he calls ‘neo-feudalism’ in Telangana. Gaddar described Gajwel as his birthplace..