Former Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP from Adilabad Ramesh Rathod, who joined the BJP in 2021, has been nominated from Khanapur (ST), from where he had won in 1999.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/bjp-telangana-first-list-raja-singh-returns-mp-fielded-kishan-reddy-8994871/

However, he cautioned that if the municipal wards represented by AIMIM in Adilabad in the state do not witness development, it should be a cause for concern for MLAs representing the constituencies in the upcoming elections.

Source: https://www.siasat.com/telangana-polls-is-aimim-going-to-contest-outside-old-city-know-what-owaisi-says-2601345/