Congress on Wednesday released a list of its candidates for Andhra Pradesh Lok Saba elections and Assembly elections.
The Congress named Korlapati Brahmananda Rao Naidu from Narsapuram, SK Basheed from Rajampet and M Jagapathi from Chittoor.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also scheduled to visit Andhra Pradesh for two days from May 3 to campaign for the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, the BJP said.
This will be PM Modi's second visit to the state after the announcement of the election schedule. Modi addressed a joint NDA meeting comprising TDP, BJP and Janasena on March 17 in Palnadu district.
The Congress earlier announced candidates for Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam North, Vijayawada East, Ongole, Kadapa, Srisailam, Hindupur among others. According to a press release issued by the All India Congress Committee (AICC), L Rama Rao will contest from Visakhapatnam North, S Padmasree (Vijayawada East), T Kalyal Aszal Ali Khan (Kadapa) and R Aswardha Narayana (Dharmavaram).
The party has replaced candidates in 10 constituencies. A Krishna Rao will contest from Srikakulam Assembly segment, D Srinivas (Gajapathinagaram), M Sushil Raja (Tadikonda – SC), T Nagalakshmi (Ongole), D Subba Reddy (Kanigiri), N Kiran Kumar Reddy (Kovur), P V Srikanth Reddy (Sarvepalli), U Ramakrishna Rao (Gudur – SC), Chandanamudi Shiva (Sullurpeta – SC) and Mohammed Hussain Inayatulla (Hindupur).
The (CPI), Congress and CPI(M) are INDIA bloc partners in Andhra Pradesh.The Congress has allotted eight seats each to the CPI and CPI(M).
The INDIA bloc's seat sharing arrangement has been done for 170 Assembly seats and candidates for five seats are yet to be announced.
Elections for the 175-member assembly and the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh will be held simultaneously on May 13. The votes will be counted on June 4.