Amaravati: The ruling Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday released its list of 25 candidates for the April 11 Lok Sabha election.
The party also released its third list of 36 candidates for the simultaneous elections to the 175-seat Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
List of Assembly candidates Prominent names in the Lok Sabha list include Ashok Gajapathi Raju from Vizianagaram, Kesineni Srinivas from Vijayawada, Galla Jayadev from Guntur and N Sivaprasad from Chittoor.
Chief Minister and party chief Chandrababu Naidu had earlier called the state Assembly campaign "Mission 150 Plus", as the party aimed to win at least 150 out of the total 175 seats in the Assembly.
List of Assembly candidates "We have balanced various equations and selected the candidates. It is now up to the people to bless these candidates as I take the responsibility of their future in my hands," Naidu said.
List of Assembly candidates Despite strong opposition, the TDP re-nominated Assembly Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao from Sattenapalli constituency in Guntur district. Deputy Chief Minister K E Krishna Murthy and Women Welfare Minister Paritala Sunitha opted out of the contest this time to enable their sons jump into the field.
Naidu's son Lokesh too will be fighting his first electoral battle from Mangalagiri constituency in the Amravati capital region.
Like his father, Lokesh chose a constituency that has a predominant backward class population.
Naidu will be contesting the assembly election for the seventh time from Kuppam in his native Chittoor district.
Meanwhile, former Union minister Panabaka Lakshmi and her husband Krishnaiah joined the TDP after midnight. The couple so far served the Congress party.
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