Congress party high-command finally zeroed in on Sircilla Rajaiah as the party’s nominee for the  Warangal (SC) Lok Sabha constituency byelection. Rajaiah is not new to the constituency.  He represented the Warangal constituency in the previous Lok Sabha. He was defeated in 2014 election by TRS candidate Kadayam Srihari by  a margin of  3.96 lakh votes. Rajaiah (1953),  a graduate from  Agricultural sciences from Acharya Ranga Agricultural Univeristy, vied for the ticket along with colleagues like Sarve Satyanarayana. Finally,  AICC  chose Rajaiah as the right candidate for byelection. He is also from  Madiga community.