The Hindu : BJP renominates nine former MLAs

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Sunday, Mar 28, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

BJP renominates nine former MLAs

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, MARCH 27. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Board has cleared the renomination of nine former MLAs and the candidature of 16 others, including two women, for 25 of the 27 Assembly constituencies the party is contesting in the State.

Though the Karimnagar district party president, Sugunakar Rao, was named as the party's likely candidate for the Indurthi seat, it was not yet officially announced in view of the likelihood of its swapping with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) following strong demand by TDP's Peddapalli Lok Sabha nominee, Suguna Kumari, that it should be retained by the TDP.

The BJP also put on hold the naming of its candidate for the Vijayawada (East) for which Jonnala Ramakrishna was tipped. The State BJP general secretary, G. Kishen Reddy, said the candidate's name was being withheld for strategic reasons and would be announced after other parties declared their nominees.

Asked if there would be any changes in the seats allotted to the party, he said there were no changes "as of now."

The Parliamentary Board also cleared the candidature of State BJP president, N. Indrasena Reddy, for Nalgonda and N. Venkataswami for Tirupathi (SC) Lok Sabha seat.

The following are the Assembly candidates cleared by the board: Visakha-1 (K. Hari Babu), Kadiam (Somu Veera Raju), Pithapuram (P. Dora Babu), Nagaram (M.A. Verma), Mangalagiri (T. Janaki Devi), Atmakur (B. Krishnaiah), Nellore (S. Suresh Reddy), Thambalapalli (C. Narasimha Reddy), Proddatur (K. Balachandra Reddy), Kadiri (M.S. Parthasarathi), Kalwakurthy (T. Achary), Makthal (Nagurao Namaji), Mushirabad (K. Laxman), Himayatnagar (G. Kishen Reddy), Maharajganj (Prem Singh Rathore), Karwan (Baddam Bal Reddy), Yakutpura (Sirajunnisa Begum), Sanga Reddy (K. Satyanarayana), Kamareddy (B. Muralidhar Goud), Mudhole (Jagdish Mashettiwar), Peddapalli (G. Ramakrishna Reddy), Metpalli (T. Venkataramana Reddi), Hanumakonda (M. Dharma Rao), Sayampet (G. Preminder Reddy), and Ramannapet (Dasari Mallesham).

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