AP Congress Lok Sabha Contestants

Hyderabad The Congress has reportedly cleared candidates for all the 42 Lok Sabha segments from the state late on Saturday night.

In an interesting development, the candidatures of the Rajya Sabha members, Mr T. Subbirami Reddy (Visakhapatnam), Mr V. Hanumantha Rao (Malkaj-giri) and Mr J.D. Seelam (Bapatla), were rejected by the party president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi.

With this, the Union minister, Ms D. Purandares-wari will be fielded from Visakhapatnam and Ms Panabaka Lakshmi from Bapatla. The party leadership also cleared the candidatures of Mr Madhu Yashki Goud (Nizamabad) and Mr G. Harsha Kumar (Amalapur-am). Their renomination had been opposed by the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy’s camp. According to sources the following is the list of candidates.

THE CONGRESS LIST

Srikakulam: Killi Kriparani
Vizianagaram: B. Jhansi
Araku: V. Kishore Chandra Deo
Visakhapatnam: D. Puran-dareswari
Anakapalle: K. Ramakrishna
Kakinada: Pallam Raju
Rajahmundry: Aruna Kumar
Narsapur: K. Bapiraju
Eluru: K.S. Rao
Vijayawada: L. Rajagopal
Machilipatnam: Badiga Ramakrishna
Guntur: R. Sambasiva Rao
Bapatla: Panabaka Laxmi
Narasaraopet: V. Balasowri
Ongole: Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy
Nellore: Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy
Tirupati: Dr Chinta Mohan
Chittoor: Tippeswamy
Rajampet: A. Sai Pratap
Kadapa: Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Hindupur: Nizamuddin
Anantapur: A. Venkatarami Reddy
Nandyal: S.P.Y. Reddy
Kurnool: Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy
Nagarkurnool: Manda Jagannadham
Mahbubabad: D. Vittal Rao
Chevella: S. Jaipal Reddy
Nalgonda: G. Sukhender Reddy
Bhongir: R. Krishnaiah
Malkajgiri: P. Sudhakara Reddy
Secunderabad: Anjan Kumar Yadav
Zaheerabad: Fariduddin
Medak: M. Jayapal Reddy
Nizamabad: Madhu Yashki Goud
Adilabad: Ramesh
Pedapalli: G. Vivek
Karimnagar: Juvvadi Chandrasekhara Rao
Mahbubabad: Redya Naik
Warangal: Dr. Dayakar
Khammam: Renuka Chowdary
Amalapuram: G. Harsha Kumar
Hyderabad: Laxmanna Gowd