For the upcoming Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections, leaders of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jana Sena Party, Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan, announced the first list of candidates on Saturday, which included 118 names.
In the assembly polls, Chandrababu Naidu’s party will compete for 151 seats, with Jana Sena taking up the remaining 24 seats. In Andhra Pradesh, there are 175 assembly segments.
TDP’s son Naga Lokesh, will contest from the Mangalagiri seat, while the TDP supremo will represent Kuppam.
However, the two leaders stated that the BJP’s seat requirement has been taken into consideration in case the party chooses to join the coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing a press conference on TDP-Jana Sena alliacnce in Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu said, this union is for the state\u2019s future. This is the first step towards a great effort, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naidu also said, they have given more opportunities to the youth and BC candidates. Quoting the exact figure, the TDP chief said, there are 23 people, who are contesting as MLAs for the first time and there are 28 post graduates in the list. YCP announces Red Sandalwood traders as candidates. They have selected candidates who are accountable to the people, Chandrababu Naidu said. According to TDP insiders, negotiations with the BJP about a potential pre-election alliance were presently taking place.
There are 118 nominees on the first list, in which TDP leads with 94 candidates, while coalition partner Jana Sena has been allotted 24 Assembly tickets, which will be announce shortly.
Twenty-three of the 94 newbies on TDP’s list have been included.
Meanwhile, the JSP has declared candidates for five of the 24 seats including Lokam Madhavi in Nellimarla, Anakapalli in Konathala Ramakrishna, Rajanagaram in Battula Balaramakrishna, Nanaji in Kakinda Rural, and Tenali in Nadendla Manohar. Soon, the remaining 19 names will be revealed.
This year, Andhra Pradesh will have simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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