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His nearest rival candidate from Congress K Ravindar Rao had received just 39,131 votes.KTR got elected from Sircilla for the first time in 2009 against KK Mahendar Reddy. HYDERABAD: Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao filed his nomination papers from the Sircilla constituency on Monday, the last day of filing of nominations for the upcoming assembly elections.In the 2014 elections, KTR had won from the seat by 53,000 votes having secured 92,135 votes. In the byelections the following year in 2010, he once again triumphed over Mahendar Reddy.KT Rama Rao is seen as the one who will take over the mantle from KCR if the TRS were to retain power. KTR, who is often questioned about his future, makes it a point to say that KCR would be the CM for the next 15 years.Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao too is expected to campagin in KTR's fanour during a public rally in his constituency on Tuesday.Meanwhile, tension prevailed at the RDO office at Sircilla when a Congress candidate, who had also come to file his nomination at the same time, was asked to wait until KTR completed his formalities.The supporters of Congress candidate K K Mahendar Reddy resorted to slogan shouting after officials refused to allow the Reddy into the office to file his nomination..