BJP announces candidates for Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls

N Eswara Rao will contest from Etcherla, P Vishnu Kumar Raju (Visakhapatnam North), P Rajarao (Araku Valley, ST) and B Roshanna (Badvel, SC). Raju is the BJP state vice president and also a former MLA.Other candidates include C Adinarayana Reddy from Jammalamadugu constituency, P V Parthasarathi (Adoni) and Y Satya Kumar (Dharmavaram). Kumar is BJP national secretary.With the list, the BJP has completed the process of announcing the names of all its candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.As part of a seat sharing deal between NDA partners TDP, Janasena and BJP, the saffron party will contest six Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly seats in the southern state.The TDP will contest 144 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha seats and Janasena two Lok Sabha and 21 Assembly seats.Elections for 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh will be held simultaneously on May 13 and the results will be declared on June 4.



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