The Congress eyes wresting power from the ruling Bharat Rashtra Smitthi in the state. Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), whose footprint in the state is not so high, is expecting a change in Telangana riding ‘Modi-wave’.
Congress high command has released the second list of 45 candidates on Friday. Cricketer Azaruddin has been given a ticket to contest from Jubilee Hills assembly segment. Tummala Nageshwar Rao andPonguleti Srinivas Reddy will fight the election from Khammam and Palair assembly constituencies. Senior leaders Madhu Yashki Goud’s demand to allot ticket to contest from LB Nagar was accepted. Another senior leader Ponnam Prabhakar will fight from Husnabad assembly segment.
The Congress eyes wresting power from the ruling Bharat Rashtra Smitthi in the state. Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), whose footprint in the state is not so high, is expecting a change in Telangana riding ‘Modi-wave’.
Earlier, Congress released a list of 55 candidates for the elections. The first list includes, including three sitting Lok Sabha members, Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and Malkajgiri MP from A Revanth Reddy from Kodandal, Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy from Nalgonda, and Nalgonda MP N Uttam Kumar Reddy from Huzurnagar.
The party has also given tickets to all the five sitting MLAs, including PCC working president T Jagga Reddy from Sangareddy, Dhanasari Anasuya alias Seethakka from Mulug (ST), Congress Legislature Party leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka from Madhira (SC), Podem Veeraiah from Bhadrachalam (ST) and Duddilla Sridhar Babu from Manthani.
