YSRC announces first list of 9 candidates for LS polls in AP

Y S Jaganmohan Reddy's Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress announced the first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh.

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Published : Mar 16, 2019, 11:52 PM IST

Amaravati:The YSR Congress on Saturday night announced its first list of nine candidates for the April 11 Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh.

Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is expected to announce the next list of candidates, possibly for all the 175 Assembly seats and the remaining 16 parliamentaryconstituencies on Sunday.

Only two old faces were found in the list of nine candidates announced late tonight as the YSRC chose fresh nominees for the Lok Sabha election.

A former inspector of police Gorantla Madhav, who had a feud with Anantapuramu MP J C Diwakar Reddy while in service, was named as YSRC candidate for the Hindupur Lok Sabha seat.

Y S Avinash Reddy and P V Midhun Reddy, who quit as MPs in June last protesting the denial of Special Category Status to AP, have been renominated from Kadapa and Rajampet respectively.

The other candidates are Madhavi (Araku-ST), Anuradha (Amalapuram-SC), Talari Rangaiah (Anantapuramu), Nandigam Suresh (Bapatla-SC), Sanjeev Kumar (Kurnool) and Reddappa (Chittoor-SC).

Also read:Fire breaks out in Karnataka, 5 huts gutted down

Amaravati:The YSR Congress on Saturday night announced its first list of nine candidates for the April 11 Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh.

Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is expected to announce the next list of candidates, possibly for all the 175 Assembly seats and the remaining 16 parliamentaryconstituencies on Sunday.

Only two old faces were found in the list of nine candidates announced late tonight as the YSRC chose fresh nominees for the Lok Sabha election.

A former inspector of police Gorantla Madhav, who had a feud with Anantapuramu MP J C Diwakar Reddy while in service, was named as YSRC candidate for the Hindupur Lok Sabha seat.

Y S Avinash Reddy and P V Midhun Reddy, who quit as MPs in June last protesting the denial of Special Category Status to AP, have been renominated from Kadapa and Rajampet respectively.

The other candidates are Madhavi (Araku-ST), Anuradha (Amalapuram-SC), Talari Rangaiah (Anantapuramu), Nandigam Suresh (Bapatla-SC), Sanjeev Kumar (Kurnool) and Reddappa (Chittoor-SC).

Also read:Fire breaks out in Karnataka, 5 huts gutted down

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YSRC announces first list of 9 candidates for LS polls in AP
Amaravati, Mar 16 (PTI) The YSR Congress Saturday
night announced its first list of nine candidates for the
April 11 Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh.
Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is expected to
announce the next list of candidates, possibly for all the 175
Assembly seats and the remaining 16 parliamentary
constituencies on Sunday.
Only two old faces were found in the list of nine
candidates announced late tonight as the YSRC chose fresh
nominees for the Lok Sabha election.
A former inspector of police Gorantla Madhav, who
had a feud with Anantapuramu MP J C Diwakar Reddy while in
service, was named as YSRC candidate for the Hindupur Lok
Sabha seat.
Y S Avinash Reddy and P V Midhun Reddy, who quit as
MPs in June last protesting the denial of Special Category
Status to AP, have been renominated from Kadapa and Rajampet
respectively.
The other candidates are Madhavi (Araku-ST),
Anuradha (Amalapuram-SC), Talari Rangaiah (Anantapuramu),
Nandigam Suresh (Bapatla-SC), Sanjeev Kumar (Kurnool) and
Reddappa (Chittoor-SC).
Meanwhile, the Jana Sena Party announced the
candidature of economist Pentapati Pulla Rao for the Eluru Lok
Sabha seat.
"We have chosen Dr Rao as our candidate impressed by
his fight for the cause of tribals and environment protection.
He is a noted economist and his services are required
for the country," Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan said in a
statement.
Businessman Gedela Srinivas, whom the Jana Sena
nominated as its candidate for the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha
seat, joined the YSR Congress Saturday evening. PTI DBV
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