AP Bypolls: Congress Announces 3 Candidates
posted on Feb 18, 2012 7:22PM
The Congress leadership in Andhra Pradesh has surprised other parties by announcing 3 of its candidates for the ensuing bypolls to the seven constituencies in the state on 18 March. Ms Vijayalakshmi from Mahaboobnagar, Damodar Reddy from Nagarkurnool and Mr Vishnuvardhan Reddy from Kollapur will contest as congress candidates in the by-elections.
Ministers DK Aruna and Ponnala Lakshmaiah announced the names in Hyderabad today after 3-hour long meeting with the Mahaboobnagar district congress leaders. Chief Minister Kirankumar Reddy also participated in the meeting. Kirankumar said on Friday his party has almost finalized the candidates for the by polls but the party would make a final review of the probable candidates before a final selection is made on Sunday. However, the party announced the names today itself to the surprise of everyone.