Congress announces eight candidates for Andhra by-polls
By IANSSunday, July 4, 2010
HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Congress chief D. Srinivas will contest from the Nizamabad Urban assembly constituency in the July 27 by-elections.
The Congress Sunday announced candidates for eight assembly seats while the nominees for the remaining four seats are likely to be announced in couple of days.
The party has fielded the same candidates who lost in last year’s elections. Former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir will contest from Yellareddy while another former minister G. Vinod has been fielded from Chennur.
The other candidates are A. Indrakiran Reddy (Sirpur), Lakshman Kumar (Dharmapuri), A. Srinivas (Vemulawada), K.K. Mahender Reddy (Sircilla) and K. Dayasgar Rao (Warangal West).
By-elections to 12 assembly seats in Telangana region were necessitated by the resignation of all 10 legislators of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and one each of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party early this year over the demand for separate statehood for Telangana.
The TDP has not yet announced its candidates while TRS is likely to re-nominate the same legislators who resigned.
