YSR Congress declares list of candidates for 25 Lok Sabha seats

The main opposition in Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress released its full list of candidates for 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly constituencies in the state that will go to polls on the 11th of next month. 

Only two candidates, who were elected as party MPs in 2014, have been re-nominated. The party dropped Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy and YV Subba Reddy. Rajamohan Reddy had represented Nellore and Subba Reddy represented Ongole. Vara Prasad, who was Tirupati MP, has now been fielded for the Assembly from Gudur (SC)



constituency.

Modugula Venugopal Reddy, the TDP MLA who recently joined the YSRC, has been made the party candidate for the Guntur Lok Sabha seat.

Former MP Vanga Geeta, who joined the YSRC last evening, is being fielded from Kakinada while MLC Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, who too joined the party Saturday night, will be fighting for the Ongole Lok Sabha seat.

YSRC chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy released the list at Idupulapaya in Kadapa district.