Congress sticks to one-family-one seat, names candidates for Telangana Assembly seats
Names of kith and kin of candidates have not been included in the list
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The Congress on Monday released its list of candidates for 111 Assembly seats in Telangana. It left 8 out of a total of 119 Assembly seats in the region to its electoral ally CPI.
The party had released the list of candidates for 16 Lok Sabha segments in Telangana last week. It had left the Khammam parliamentary seat for the CPI.
According to the list, released in New Delhi, Congress seemed to have stuck to "one family-one seat" policy. Thus, former home minister, Sabitha Indra Reddy, whose son was given a Lok Sabha ticket did not figure in the list. Similarly, the names of kith and kin of other candidates have not been included in the list.
Most of the sitting MLAs who had been sailing with the party are stated to have been given the Assembly tickets.
Polling in Telangana is scheduled to be held on April 30. The last date for filing of nominations is April 9.
TDP releases first list of candidates
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which had forged an electoral alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has released its first list of candidates for 27 Assembly and 3 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana.
Polling in Telangana comprising 119 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha seats will be held on April 30. The last date for filing of nominations is April 9.
Following a fortnight-long discussions with the BJP on pre-poll alliance, the TDP had conceded 8 Lok Sabha and 47 Assembly seats in Telangana and 5 Lok Sabha and 15 Assembly seats in Seemandhra (coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema) to the saffron party. Elections in Seemandhra, which has 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats, will be held on May 7.
Releasing the list of candidates on Monday, TDP president, N Chandrababu Naidu, said his party had forged an alliance with the BJP keeping in view the interests of the nation.
Lok Satta releases second list for Telangana seats
Even as it maintained that its doors are still open for electoral adjustments with the TDP and the BJP, the Loksatta Party released its second list of candidates for 29 Assembly and three Lok Sabha seats in Telangana.
In the first list, the party had named candidates for 14 Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat in Telangana.
Lok Satta stated it was planning to field candidates in 13 Lok Sabha and 75 Assembly seats in residuary Andhra Pradesh.
Former DG of Police joins YSR Congress
Former director general of police, V Dinesh Reddy, joined the YSR Congress Party in the presence of the party's president, YS Jaganmohan Reddy, here on Monday.
The former DGP said he joined the YSRCP to serve the people. He is likely to contest as the party candidate in the ensuing elections to Lok Sabha.
The party had released the list of candidates for 16 Lok Sabha segments in Telangana last week. It had left the Khammam parliamentary seat for the CPI.
According to the list, released in New Delhi, Congress seemed to have stuck to "one family-one seat" policy. Thus, former home minister, Sabitha Indra Reddy, whose son was given a Lok Sabha ticket did not figure in the list. Similarly, the names of kith and kin of other candidates have not been included in the list.
Most of the sitting MLAs who had been sailing with the party are stated to have been given the Assembly tickets.
Polling in Telangana is scheduled to be held on April 30. The last date for filing of nominations is April 9.
TDP releases first list of candidates
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which had forged an electoral alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has released its first list of candidates for 27 Assembly and 3 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana.
Polling in Telangana comprising 119 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha seats will be held on April 30. The last date for filing of nominations is April 9.
Following a fortnight-long discussions with the BJP on pre-poll alliance, the TDP had conceded 8 Lok Sabha and 47 Assembly seats in Telangana and 5 Lok Sabha and 15 Assembly seats in Seemandhra (coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema) to the saffron party. Elections in Seemandhra, which has 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats, will be held on May 7.
Releasing the list of candidates on Monday, TDP president, N Chandrababu Naidu, said his party had forged an alliance with the BJP keeping in view the interests of the nation.
Lok Satta releases second list for Telangana seats
Even as it maintained that its doors are still open for electoral adjustments with the TDP and the BJP, the Loksatta Party released its second list of candidates for 29 Assembly and three Lok Sabha seats in Telangana.
In the first list, the party had named candidates for 14 Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat in Telangana.
Lok Satta stated it was planning to field candidates in 13 Lok Sabha and 75 Assembly seats in residuary Andhra Pradesh.
Former DG of Police joins YSR Congress
Former director general of police, V Dinesh Reddy, joined the YSR Congress Party in the presence of the party's president, YS Jaganmohan Reddy, here on Monday.
The former DGP said he joined the YSRCP to serve the people. He is likely to contest as the party candidate in the ensuing elections to Lok Sabha.
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First Published: Apr 07 2014 | 8:20 PM IST