2019 Lok Sabha election: Parties in Telugu states start poll campaign

Parties in Andhra and Telangana have just a month from the day of announcement of poll schedule to run their campaigns; voting set for April 11

Putting minor scrambles and skirmishes over allotment of party tickets largely behind them, the main political parties in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana hit the ground with election rallies even as the process of filing of nominations in the two states began Monday.

Parties in the two sibling Telugu states have got the shortest possible time of just one month to reach out to the electorate, as  polling is scheduled on April 11 in Phase-1. Elections to Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly are being held alongside the Lok Sabha polls on the same day.

AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu began his campaign from