Published Mar 14, 2024 | 4:30 PM ⚊ Updated Mar 14, 2024 | 4:30 PM
JSP chief Pawan Kalyan, TDP chief Chandrababu. (File Pic: Supplied)
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu has released a second list of 34 candidates from his party on 14 March. This list comes after the TDP’s much anticipated joining of the NDA with its ally Jana Sena Party (JSP) has been finalised.
Earlier, on 24 February, the party announced 94 candidates, bringing the total now to 128 candidates. As part of the alliance with JSP and BJP, the TDP will be contesting in 144 assembly segments out of 175.
Pawan Kalyan’s party, which has so far announced six candidates out of 21, held talks with nine more assembly incharges, asking them to begin groundwork for their nominations.
Amid much anticipation from his fans, Pawan Kalyan announced at a cadre meeting at his party office in Mangalagiri today, marking the party’s 11th formation day, that he is contesting as a Jana Sena MLA from the Pithapuram constituency in Kakinada District.
Meanwhile, for the first time in a decade, with the TDP-JSP-BJP reunion, PM Modi is scheduled to attend a public meeting at Chilakaluripet on 17 March alongside Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan, where the manifesto is likely to be announced.
The second list included the names of 34 candidates, among whom seven were women and 27 were men.
Here is the list:
Narasannapeta – Boggu Ramana Murthy; Gajuwaka – Palla Srinivas; Chodavaram – KSNS Raju; Madugula – Pyala Prasad; Prathipadu – Varupula Satyaprabha; Ramachandrapuram – Vasamsetti Subhash; Rajamundry Rural Gorantla Butchaih Chowdary; Rampachodavaram (ST) – Miryala Sireesha; Kovvuru (SC) – Muppidi Venkateswara Rao; Denduluru – Chintamaneni Prabhakar; Gopalapuram (SC)- Muddhipati Venkata Raju; Pedakurapadu – Bashyam Praveen; Guntur West – Piduguralla Madhavi; Guntur East – Mohammad Nazeer.
వచ్చే 2024 ఎన్నికల్లో తెలుగుదేశం పార్టీ తరపున పోటీ చేసే అభ్యర్థుల మొదటి జాబితాను ఇప్పటికే ప్రజల ముందు ఉంచడం జరిగింది. ఇప్పుడు మరో 34 మంది అభ్యర్థులతో కూడిన రెండో జాబితాను మీ ముందుకు తెచ్చాం. అభ్యర్థుల ఎంపికలో ఎప్పటిలాగే, ఈ జాబితాలో కూడా ప్రజల అభిప్రాయాలకు ప్రాధాన్యత ఇచ్చాం.… pic.twitter.com/2xhnceXgw9
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) March 14, 2024
Gurazala – Yarapathineni Srinivas Rao; Kandukur – Inturi Nageswara Rao; Markapuram – Kandhula Narayana Reddy; Giddaluru – Ashok Reddy; Atmakur – Anam Ramanarayana Reddy; Kovvur – Vemireddy Prashanti Reddy; Venkatagiri – Kurugondla Lakshmi Priya; Kalamapuram – Puttha Chaitanya Reddy; Proddatur – Varadharajula Reddy; Nandikotkur (SC) – Gitta Jayasurya
Yemmiganur – Jayanageswara Reddy; Mantralayam – Raghavendra Reddy; Puttaparthi – Palle Sindhura Reddy; Kadiri – Kandikunta Yashoda Devi.
Punganur – Challa Ramachandra Reddy (Babu); Madanapalle – Shah Jahan Basha; Puthalapattu (SC) – Dr. Kalikiri Murali Mohan; Chandragiri – Pulivarthi Venkata Mani Prasad (Nani); Srikalahasthi – Bojjala Venkata Sudhir Reddy; Sathyavedu (SC) – Koneti Adimulam.
The Jana Sena has announced six candidates out of the earlier allocation of 24, which was later reduced to 21 after its NDA ally joined the TDP.
On 13 March, Jana Sena Chief Pawan Kalyan talked to at least nine more members from his party and reportedly asked them to start working in their constituencies in tandem with TDP and BJP workers.
The Jana Sena candidates officially announced so far are as follows:
Nellimarra – Lokam Madhavi; Anakapalli – Konathaala Ramakrishna; Rajanagaram – Bathula Balaramakrishna; Kakinada Rural – Pantham Nananji; Tenali – Nadendla Manohar; Nidadavole – Kandula Durgesh.
కచ్చితంగా గెలిచి తీరాలి
ఎన్నికల ప్రక్రియలో ప్రతి దశలోనూ అప్రమత్తంగా అడుగులు వేయాలి
కక్ష సాధింపు… అరాచకాలను నమ్ముకున్న పార్టీతో పోరాడుతున్నాము
ఏ విధమైన ఒత్తిళ్ళు వచ్చినా మరుక్షణమే పార్టీ కేంద్ర కార్యాలయం దృష్టికి తీసుకురండి
పార్టీ అభ్యర్థులు, నాయకులతో జనసేన అధ్యక్షులు… pic.twitter.com/RgBPNmcWX3
— JanaSena Party (@JanaSenaParty) March 13, 2024
The list of candidates with whom Pawan Kalyan met yesterday includes Pendurthi – Panchakarla Ramesh; Elamanchili – Sundarapu Vijayakumar; Visakhapatnam South – Vamsi Krishna Yadav; Tadepalligudem – Bolisetti Srinivas; Unguturu – Patsamatla Dharmaraju, Narasapuram – Bommidi Nayakar; Bhimavaram – Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu; Razole (SC) – Deva Varaprasad, Tirupati – Arani Srinivas.
Pawan Kalyan also announces his candidature from Pithapuram. The decision is influenced by the significant number of Kapu community voters in Pithapuram, whom the party believes are “loyalists” due to Pawan Kalyan belonging to the same community.
On the other hand, the BJP’s list of 10 assembly candidates and six MPs is also expected to be announced in the coming days.
PM Modi is set to attend the meeting, alongside Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan, marking his first appearance since the 2014 campaign.
(Edited by Shauqueen Mizaj)
