Telangana polls: BJP releases 3rd list of candidates, M Shashidhar Reddy gets ticket

Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central Election Committee has released its third list of candidates for the Telangana Legislative Assembly Election scheduled for November 30.

34 new names have been added to the previous 53, bringing the total number of candidates announced for 87 constituencies. Notably, out of this comprehensive list, 13 candidates are women candidates, 14 are from the BC community 11 are from OC, five SCs, and three STs.

The list of candidates features former minister and BRS leader Krishna Yadav from the Amberpet constituency who joined the the BJP last month. Marri Shashidhar Reddy, a former Congress leader and son of former CM Marri Channa Reddy, has been fielded from Sanathnagar. 

BJP senior leader Madagani Srinivas Goud has been listed as a Nalagonda candidate and NVSS Prabhakar has been given a ticket from Uppal. 

The third list has only one female candidate, Challa Srilatha Reddy, a former leader of the BRS, who will represent the Huzurnagar constituency in the upcoming polls.

• Mancherial: Verabelli Raghunath
• Asifabad (ST): Ajmeera Athmaram Naik
• Bodhan: Vaddi Mohan Reddy
• Banswada: Endala Laxminaryana
• Nizamabad Rural: Dinesh Kulachari
• Manthani: Chandupatla Sunil Reddy
• Medak: Panja Vijay Kumar
• Narayankhed: Jenawade Sangappa
• Andole (SC): Pally Babu Mohan
• Zahirabad (SC): Ramchandra Raja Narasimha
• Uppal: NVSS Prabkhar
• Lal Bahadur Nagar: Sama Ranga Reddy
• Rajendranagar: Tokala Srinivas Reddy
• Chevella (SC): KS Ratnam
• Pargi: Booneti Maruthi Kiran
• Musheerabad: Poosa Raju
• Malakpet: Samreddy Surender Reddy
• Amberpet: Krishna Yadav
• Jubilee Hills: Lankala Deepak Reddy
• Sanathnagar: Marri Shashidhar Reddy
• Secunderabad: Mekala Sarangapani
• Narayanpet: K Rathang Pandu Reddy
• Jadcherla: Chittaranjan Das
• Makthal: Jalandhar Reddy
• Wanaparthy: Ashwathama Reddy
• Achampet: Devani Sathish Madiga
• Shadnagar: Ande Babaiah
• Devarakonda (ST): Kethavath Lalu Naik
• Huzurnagar: Challa Srilatha Reddy
• Nalgonda: Madagani Srinivas Goud
• Alair: Shri Padala Srinivas
• Parkal: Dr. P Kali Prasad Rao
• Pinapaka (ST): Podiyam Balaraju
• Palair: Nunna Ravikumar

Earlier, the party’s first list showcased 52 names, including three of the four sitting MPs, and chose former state minister Eatala Rajender to contest against the incumbent Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao, from Gajwel. BJP also reinstated Raja Singh, now slated to run from Goshamahal constituency. The first list had 12 women candidates. 

The second list included one candidate, Mithun Kumar Reddy, from the Mahbubnagar constituency.