Sons of six former chief ministers in fray in Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls

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Nara Lokesh, son of three-time chief minister and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu, will be contesting for a second time in the upcoming elections after his first attempt to win from Mangalagiri in 2019 ended in failure. This time around, Lokesh will be challenged by YSRCP’s M Lavanya.

Lokesh is also the grandson of former chief minister and Tollywood legend NT Rama Rao (NTR), who founded the TDP in 1982.

Tollywood actor and sitting Hindupur MLA N Balakrishna, who is the son of NTR, is contesting from the same constituency again.

Hindupur, a stronghold of the NTR family was earlier represented by Rama Rao and his elder son N Harikrishna.

Balakrishna won from the Hindupur segment in 2014 and 2019 and will be aiming for a hat-trick.

Jana Sena leader N Manohar, who is contesting from Tenali constituency on behalf of the NDA comprising the TDP, the Jana Sena and the BJP is the son of former chief minister N Bhaskar Rao.

N Ramkumar Reddy, son of former chief minister N Janardhan Reddy, is contesting on a YSRCP ticket from Venkatagiri constituency and K Surya Prakash Reddy, son of another former chief minister K Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy will be trying his luck on a TDP ticket from the Dhone segment.

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