BJP chief Amit Shah will launch his party's nationwide drive to reach the country’s government scheme beneficiaries from Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, as political parties get into frenzied election mode two months before the country heads into mammoth general elections

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Amravati: With an Election Commission (EC) team visiting Andhra Pradesh to audit the state voter list, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Thursday instensified its attack on the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), claiming over 59 lakh fake voters had been added to the list at its behest.

Out of the total 3.69 crore names on state voter rolls, over 59 lakh (16 per cent) are invalid or duplicate, the YSRCP said at a press conference on Thursday and alleged that the TDP government was doing everything in its power to subvert democracy and steal the elections. 

The party also released a detailed survey pointing out 59,18,631 voters under 12 different categories such as duplicate, illegal, invalid, bogus and demographically similar entries. It said the number of such voters was 52.7 lakh in September 2018.

The party further said that over 20 lakh people have votes in both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

YSRCP chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had on February 4 met the Chief Election Commissioner to bring to his notice discrepancies in the state voter list and requested him to intervene in the matter to ensure free and fair elections.

YSRCP Legal Cell President P. Sudhakar Reddy then filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court seeking directions to the EC to rectify the discrepancies.

The High Court has sought a clarification from the Election Commission in the matter after an audit of the list.

Following the directive, a 10-member EC team, led by former Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi, arrived in the state on Wednesday to conduct an audit of electoral rolls.

Andhra Pradesh led by Hanuma Vihari scripted history on Friday by recording the biggest win ever registered in T20 cricket, following their 179-run win against Nagaland on day two of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Mulapadu. 

Andhra Pradesh opted to bat first after winning the toss with Hanuma Vihari and Ashwin Hebbar sent in as openers. The outfit were able to post a massive total of 244/4 despite the early dismissal of Hebbar, on the back of an excellent 38-ball century by Ricky Bhui. 

Bhui further enjoyed quality support from Girinath Reddy who smashed 62 runs in 31 deliveries, in an innings comprising of three boundaries and five sixes. 

Nagaland in turn, failed to make their presence felt after being handed an imposing total of 245 runs to chase down. KV Sasikanth, SK Ismail and Karn Sharma combined to dismiss the opposition with three wickets apiece for a paltry score of 65, within a period of just 13.1 overs.

This massive win by a margin of 179 runs shattered the 172-run win recorded by Sri Lanka against Kenya during the inaugral ICC World T20 in 2007, as per as the 171-run registered by the Balkh Legends against the Nangahar Leopards.  

BJP president Amit Shah on Monday wrote an open letter to the people of Andhra Pradesh where he launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. Watch full video to know more.

Amaravati: At least four people died and 15 others have been moved to the hospital after they allegedly consumed spurious liquor in Gantyada in Andhra Pradesh.

YSR Congress Party on Monday launched the last leg of its campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha poll with their campaign song, Ravali Jagan, Kavali Jagan (Jagan should come, we want Jagan). The party said that it is also the official slogan of the campaign. 

The song was launched in presence of senior party leaders at the party central office near Lotus Pond in Hyderabad. YSRCP is planning to take the song to each and every person in the state in the coming weeks. The full song and the ringtone is available for download at https://jaganannaforcm.com/song/

Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) has created the song after taking inputs from thousands of people across Andhra Pradesh. The YSRCP said that song captures the mood of the people of Andhra Pradesh who are fed up of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his false promises. Senior YSRCP leaders claim that the people of the state have made up their mind to replace Naidu with YSRCP Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy.

The song recognizes Jagan Reddy as the only person who can work for the welfare of people of Andhra Pradesh. The song channelises the outcry of various sections of the society. The song also describes how people from Backward Castes are facing trouble in leading a normal life due to the burden loans and how people are being cheated in the name of DWCRA loan waiver for women. The song also highlights how youth were cheated with false promise of jobs.

The party is planning to take this song to the grassroots through a free download link and musical marches on bikes. The YSRCP, I-PAC, and volunteers will ensure that everyone in the state hears this song.

The song was launched in the presence of top YSRCP party leaders, including Mr. Vijay Sai Reddy, Mr. Botsa Satyanarayana, Mr. Aanam Ramanarayan Reddy, Mr. Sagidurga Prasad Raju, etc. 

Talking to media after launching the song, YSRCP leaders Vijay Sai Reddy and Botsa Satyanarayana said “This song has been released as a part of the campaign, it talks about how people are fed up with Chandrababu Naidu and his government and why people want Jagan. We will be taking this song and the slogan – Ravali Jagan Kavali Jagan – to the grassroots and ensure that everyone hears it”.

(with inputs from YSRCP press release)

NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday announced a new railway zone for Andhra Pradesh, days after a delegation of BJP lawmakers from the state met the minister demanding the same. The new railway zone - Southern Coast Railway - will be headquartered in Visakhapatnam, Goyal said, adding that it will be the 18th zone in the country.

"As per item 8 of Schedule 13 (Infrastructure) of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, the Indian Railways was required to examine establishing a new railway zone in the successor state of Andhra Pradesh," the Minister said.

"The matter has been examined in detail in consultation with the stakeholders and it has been decided to go ahead with the creation of a new zone with its headquarter in Visakhapatnam," he told reporters.

In a memorandum submitted to Goyal, the BJP delegation had said that the north Andhra region, comprising Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts, is "very backward and needs an impetus for development".

The new zone will comprise the existing Guntakal, Guntur and Vijayawada divisions that currently fall under the South Central Railway.

The South Central Railway will then consist of the Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Nanded divisions, Goyal said.

Waltair division, one of the three divisions of the East Coast Railway Zone, covering the northern districts of Andhra Pradesh, parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha, having its headquarter in Visakhapatnam, will be split into two, he said.

While one part will be incorporated in the new zone and merged with the neighbouring VijVijayawadavision, the remaining portion will be converted into a new division headquartered at Rayagada under the East Coast Railway (ECoR).

The decision of a new zone comes despite internal reports of the Railways that questioned the need for a separate zone and remarked that it was not "feasible".

Indian Railways' operations are currently divided into 17 zones, which are further sub-divided into divisions, each having a divisional headquarter. There are a total of 73 divisions at present.

In 2002-2003, seven new zones and eight new divisions were created and the Salem division was added in 2007.

During 2009-2013, 92 requests for new zones and 45 new divisions were received. These were examined by a committee formed in 2012. The committee in its report had said that "none of the requests was justified".

The cost of creating infrastructure for a new zone, according to an internal assessment of the Railways, is around Rs. 205 crore. These figures exclude extra costs relating to creation or upgradation of posts, transfers, posting of staff and other costs.

In the runup to the Lok Sabha election, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has launched a string of innovative campaigns to up the ante against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and the Telugu Desam government. The campaigns have been designed along the lines of party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy's Praja Sankalpa Yatra where he walked 3,648 kms to understand the issues concerning the people of the state. 

The Praja Sankalpa Yatra was followed by Ninnu Namma Babu (We Don’t Trust You Babu), Jagan Anna Pilupu (Jagan Anna is Calling You), and Samara Shankaravam (Booth-cadre Meetings). 

Ninnu Nammam Babu

The Ninnu Nammam Babu campaign was aimed at providing a platform to with an aim to convince them to declare a 'no confidence' Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's government. Under the campaign, all 175 YSRCP AC-Coordinators visited 20 villages each, in fully branded vehicles, and conducted village-level meetings. They spoke to people about their issues and grievances and tell them about the shortcomings of the current government. Upon the completion of the meeting, the AC-Coordinators put up a set of hoardings near the venue of the meetings which highlighted the village’s declaration of ‘no confidence’ in Chandrababu Naidu. Throughout the duration of this campaign, over 6,000 cars with Ninnu Nammam Babu stickers on their rear windowpane were actively roaming all across the state. 

Jagan Anna Pilupu

Through the Jagan Anna Pilupu, the party aims to create a network of village-level influencers, who can function as the link between Jagan Mohan Reddy and the people of Andhra Pradesh at the grass-root level. Over 70,000 neutral village-level influencers across the state received personalised letters from the YSRCP chief recognising their specific contributions to society and appreciated them for playing a part in the state's development. Through these letters, Reddy also urged upon them to share their inputs and suggestions, which could help him in creating a blueprint for Andhra Pradesh's future. Each letter gave the influencer an email id (officeofysjagan@gmail.com), a phone number (+919199691996) from his office on which they could either give their suggestions or express interest in meeting him directly. He has been interacting with these influencers at districts-level meetings over the past month.

Samara Shankaravam

Samara Shankaravam is a mammoth exercise to create an booth-level strength for the YSRCP. In order to give the TDP machinery a run for their money YSRCP formed a network of 505,120 booth-level workers, with 1 convenor and 10 workers at each booth in Andhra Pradesh. Under the banner of Samara Shankaravam (booth-cadre meetings), Reddy has been interacting with booth-level workers in each of the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh. In each of these meetings, he will be meeting with over 45,000 booth-level workers. This is the first of its kind booth-cadre meeting where a party leader is interacting with party workers on such a large scale.

The campaigns for the party have been conceptualised and executed by Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) to ensure a momentum for the YSRCP. As per sources, more such campaigns are in the pipeline – starting with a bus yatra, where Reddy will be covering the assembly constituencies which he couldn't cover during his Praja Sankalpa Yatra.

Kadapa: YSR Congress party leader YS Vivekananda Reddy was found dead at his residence under suspicious circumstances on Friday. He was 68 years old.

Vivekananda Reddy - a former Andhra Pradesh Minister – is believed to have suffered a massive cardiac arrest at his residence in Pulivendula town. 

The former MP was alone at his house and his body was found in a pool of blood in the bathroom.

In view of suspicion over his death, a formal police complaint has been filed by his personal assistant Krishna Reddy in this regard.

#UPDATE YS Vivekananda Reddy's PA Krishna Reddy has filed a complaint with Police expressing suspicion over the death of Vivekananda Reddy. Police has sent the body for post mortem and begun investigation. #AndhraPradeshhttps://t.co/6powZohK8b

— ANI (@ANI) March 15, 2019

A case of unnatural death under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been registered and the police have begun their investigations. 

A former Lok Sabha member, Vivekananda was the younger brother of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and uncle of YSR Congress party President YS Jaganmohan Reddy.

He is survived by his wife and a daughter. 

According to his PA, the deceased YSRCP leader had injury marks on his forehead.

His body was taken for autopsy to a government hospital.

YSR Congress leaders have expressed concerns over his death and called for a probe. 

They claimed he was fine till Thursday and had participated in the election campaigning.

MP Vijay Sai Reddy called for an impartial probe to find out if it was a natural death or accidental death or there was some other cause.

Vivekananda Reddy was elected from the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency on Congress ticket in 1999 and 2004. He was twice elected to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly (1989, 1994) from Pulivendula, a family stronghold.

He was also elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council in 2009 and served as Agriculture Minister in Kiran Kumar Reddy`s cabinet.

He remained loyal to Congress when Jaganmohan Reddy raised a banner of revolt against the party for not picking him as the successor of his father and Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy following his death in a helicopter crash in 2009.

Jagan Reddy had alleged that Congress tried to engineer split in the family by making Vivekananda Reddy a Minister. The young leader subsequently floated YSR Congress party.

Vivekananda Reddy contested 2011 by-election from Pulivendula constituency against his sister-in-law and Jagan`s mother YS Vijayamma, who contested as YSR Congress candidate and won with a huge majority.

He later quit the Congress and joined YSR Congress. 

(With IANS inputs)

Hours after former minister and YSR Congress party leader YS Vivekananda Reddy was found dead at his residence in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh under suspicious circumstances, the party on Friday demanded a high-level Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter.

68-year-old Vivekananda Reddy was the brother of former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.

The party spokesperson Vasireddy Padma claimed that the circumstances leading to the death cause concern, adding that it can't be brushed aside by a regular inquiry, like SIT. She further asserted that there has been a methodical attack on the YSR family members.

Recalling the death of YS Rajasekhara Reddy, she said that he was a victim of a helicopter crash. She also claimed that recently there was an attack on the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at the Vizag airport and it shows the conspiracy angle to the episode. She said that only a high-level probe can bring the truth out.

Vivekananda Reddy had returned from election campaign at Jammalamdugu on Thursday night and the local MLA who had defected to ruling TDP was given the Kadapa Lok Sabha ticket for the April 11 election. 

Party spokesperson Vasireddy Padma said, "The death behind the suspicious death of YS Vivekananda Reddy should be probed by a high-level investigation agency as the circumstances leading to the death causes concern. They cannot be brushed aside by a regular inquiry like SIT as there has been a methodical attack on the YSR family members. While Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy was a victim of helicopter crash, recently there was an attack on the Leader of Opposition YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at the Vizag airport which shows the conspiracy angle to the episode. YS Vivekananda Reddy had returned from election campaign at Jammalamdugu last night and the local MLA who had defected to ruling TDP was given the Kadapa Lok Sabha ticket in the April 11 elections."

She said that only a high-level probe can bring the truth out.

This was the third unnatural death in the YS family that has a powerful political hold in Kadapa district. While YS Raja Reddy was murdered in 1998, the eldest son YS Rajasekhara Reddy was killed in a helicopter crash in 2009.

The police had initially registered a case under Section 174 CrPC (unnatural death) when the body of Reddy was found by his staff early in the morning but after a post-mortem, the case was altered to Section 302 IPC that relates to murder. 

The Andhra Pradesh government has already constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the death.

Vivekananda Reddy was a two-time MLA, two-time MP, and a one-term MLC. He served as agriculture minister in the N Kiran Kumar Reddy government in united Andhra Pradesh. He is survived by his wife and a daughter. Police said injuries were found on the forehead, head, and its back, besides on the hand and thigh.

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The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), the main opposition in Andhra Pradesh, on  Sunday released the full list of its candidates for 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly constituencies. The state goes to poll on April 11.

TDP leaders former MP Vanga Geeta, Adala Prabhakar Reddy and MLC Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, all who joined the party on Saturday evening, are being fielded from Kakinada seat, Nellore seat and Ongole Lok Sabha seat respectively. Reddy was selected as the TDP candidate for Nellore Rural Assembly seat on Thursday but he joined YSRCP.

Modugula Venugopal Reddy, the TDP MLA who recently joined the YSRC, has been selected as the candidate for the Guntur Lok Sabha seat while former minister B Durga Prasad, who also defected from the TDP, has been chosen for the Tirupati (SC) seat.

Of the 25 Lok Sabha candidates, seven were from backward classes, four Scheduled Castes (SC) and one Scheduled Tribe, news agency PTI reported quoting the YSRCP chief. He added that among the Assembly candidates, 41 belong to the backward classes and five to the Muslim community. Only two candidates, who were elected as party MPs in 2014, have been re-nominated, while for the remaining 23 seats, the YSRC has chosen new nominees.

Incidentally, Butta Renuka from Kurnool, who returned to the YSRC after TDP denied her either a Lok Sabha or an Assembly ticket, has not been selected by the YSRCP either. The party dropped Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy and YV Subba Reddy, who represented Nellore and Ongole constituencies respectively, while Vara Prasad, who was Tirupati MP, has now been fielded for the from Gudur (SC) Assembly constituency.

TDP MP Pandula Ravindra Babu, who joined the YSRC recently, has also been denied a ticket. Anakapalli MP M Srinivasa Rao, another defector, however, has been given the Bhimili Assembly ticket of his choice. Rao was first elected to the Assembly from Bhimili in 2009.

Potluri Vara Prasad (PVP), who is making his political debut, will be the candidate from Vijayawada parliamentary constituency. A former inspector of police, Gorantla Madhav, who had a feud with TDP MP J C Diwakar Reddy in Anantapuramu district, has been fielded from Hindupur Lok Sabha segment.

YSRCP chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy released the list after paying homage to his late father and former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy at their family estate in Kadapa district.

In 2014, the YSRC won eight Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh.

List of 25 candidates for Lok Sabha election:

1. Kadapa-Y.S Avinash Reddy
2. Rajampeta-PV Midhun Reddy  
3. Chittor - Reddappa  
4. Tirupati - Balle Durgaprasad 
5. Hindpur -Gorantla Madhav 
6. Anantpur  Tallari Rangaiah 
7. Kurnool DR Sanjeev Kumar
8. Nandyal - P Brahmananda Reddy
9. Nellore Adala prabhhakar reddy
10. Ongole Magunta Srinivas Reddy
11. Bapatla Nandigama Suresh
12. Narasaraopeta Lavu Krishna Devarayulu
13. Guntur  -Modugula Venugopal Reddy
14. Machilipatnam - Bala Souri 
15. Vijayawada -P Vara Prasad (PVP) 
16. Eluru Kotagiri Sridhar
17. Narsapuram Raghuram Krishnam Raju
18. Rajahmundry Mangana Bharath
19. Kakinada -Vanga Geetha
20. Amalapuram -Chinta Anuradha 
21. Anakapalli -Kandregula Venkata Satyavathi
22. Visakhapatnam MVV Satyanarayana
23. Vizianagaram-Bellani Chandrasekhar 
24. Srikakulam -Duvvada Srinivas
25. Aruku -Goddeti Madhavi 

List of 175 candidates for assembly election:

 District Constituency Candidate Name
1 Kadapa JAMMALAMADUGU M Sudheer Reddy
2 Kadapa PRODDATUR Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy
3 Kadapa MYDUKUR Raghu Rami Reddy Settipally
4 Kadapa KAMALAPURAM Pochimareddy Ravindranatha Reddy
5 Kadapa BADVEL (SC) Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah
6 Kadapa KADAPA Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari
7 Kadapa PULIVENDULA Jagan Mohan Reddy Y.S.
8 Kadapa RAJAMPET Meda Venkata Mallikarjuna Reddy
9 Kadapa KODUR (SC) Koramutla Sreenivasulu
10 Kadapa RAYACHOTI Gadikota Srikanth Reddy
11 Chittoor KUPPAM K. Chandramouli
12 Chittoor NAGARI R.K. Roja Selvamani
13 Chittoor CHANDRAGIRI Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy
14 Chittoor CHITTOOR "Arani Srinivasulu
(Jangalapalli Srinivasulu)"
15 Chittoor PUTHALAPATTU (SC) Ms Babu
16 Chittoor G.D.NELLORE (SC) K Narayana Swamy
17 Chittoor PALAMANER N Venkataih Gowda
18 Chittoor PILERU Chinthala Ramachandra Reddy
19 Chittoor MADANAPALLE Nawaz Basha
20 Chittoor THAMBALLAPALLE Peddireddy Dwarakanath Reddy
21 Chittoor PUNGANUR P. Ramachandra Reddy
22 Chittoor TIRUPATI Bhumana Karunakar Reddy
23 Chittoor SRIKALAHASTI Biyyapu Madhusudhan Reddy
24 Chittoor SATYAVEEDU (SC) K Adimulam
25 Anantapur TADPATRI Kethireddy Peddareddy
26 Anantapur ANANTAPUR URBAN Ananta Venkata Ramireddy
27 Anantapur KALYANDURG K.V.Ushasri Charan
28 Anantapur RAYADURG Kapu Ramachandra Reddy
29 Anantapur SINGANAMALA (SC) Jonnalagadda Padmavathy
30 Anantapur GUNTAKAL Yalla Reddy Gari Venkata Rami Reddy
31 Anantapur URAVAKONDA Y Visweswara Reddy
32 Anantapur HINDUPUR K. Iqbal Ahmed Khan(Ex IG)
33 Anantapur RAPTADU Thopudurthi Prakash Reddy
34 Anantapur PENUKONDA Malagundla Sankaranarayana
35 Anantapur DHARMAVARAM Kethi Reddy Venkata Rami Reddy
36 Anantapur MADAKASIRA (SC) M. Thippeswamy
37 Anantapur KADIRI Dr.P.V.Sidda Reddy
38 Anantapur PUTTAPARTHI Duddukunta Sreedhar Reddy
39 Kurnool ADONI Y Sai Prasad Reddy
40 Kurnool  KURNOOL Hafeez Khan
41 Kurnool YEMMIGANUR K. Chenna Kesava Reddy
42 Kurnool PATTIKONDA K Sreedevi
43 Kurnool ALUR P. Jayaram Alias Gummanur Jayaram
44 Kurnool MANTRALAYAM Y. Bala Nagi Reddy
45 Kurnool KODUMUR (SC) Dr.Sudhakar Babu
46 Kurnool NANDYAL Shilpa Ravichandra Reddy
47 Kurnool ALLAGADDA Gangula Bijendranath Reddy
48 Kurnool BANAGANAPALLE Katasani Rami Reddy
49 Kurnool SRISAILAM Silpa Chakrapani Reddy
50 Kurnool PANYAM Katasani Ram Bhupal Reddy
51 Kurnool DHONE Buggana Rajendra Nath
52 Kurnool NANDIKOTKUR (SC) Arthur
53 Nellore KAVALI Ramireddy Pratap Kumar Reddy
54 Nellore NELLORE CITY Anil Kumar Yadav Poluboina 
55 Nellore UDAYAGIRI Chandra Sekhar Reddy Mekapati
56 Nellore KOVUR Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy
57 Nellore NELLORE RURAL Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy
58 Nellore ATMAKUR Mekapati Goutham Reddy 
59 Nellore VENKATAGIRI Anam Ramanarayana Reddy
60 Nellore GUDUR (SC) Varaprasad
61 Nellore SARVEPALLI Kakani Govardhan Reddy
62 Nellore SULLURPETA (SC) Sanjeevaiah Kiliveti
63 Prakasam CHIRALA Amanchi Krishna Mohan
64 Prakasam PARCHUR Daggupati Venkateswar Rao
65 Prakasam SANTHANUTHALAPADU (SC) Tjr Sudhakar Babu
66 Prakasam ADDANKI Bachina Chenchu Garataiah 
67 Prakasam KANDUKUR Maheedhar Reddy Manugunta
68 Prakasam KONDAPI (SC) Dr M Venkaiah
69 Prakasam ONGOLE Balineni Srinivasa Reddy
70 Prakasam DARSI Maddisetty Venugopal
71 Prakasam MARKAPURAM Kp Nagarjuna Reddy
72 Prakasam KANIGIRI Burra Madhusudana Yadav
73 Prakasam YERRAGONDAPALEM (SC) Dr. Suresh Audimulapu
74 Prakasam GIDDALUR Anna Venkata Rambabu
75 Guntur REPALLE Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao
76 Guntur VEMURU (SC) Merugu Nagarjuna
77 Guntur BAPATLA Kona Raghupathi
78 Guntur MANGALAGIRI Alla Rama Krishna Reddy
79 Guntur PONNURU Killari Rosaiah
80 Guntur TADIKONDA (SC) Undavalli Sridevi
81 Guntur GUNTUR WEST Chandragiri Yesuratnam
82 Guntur TENALI Annabattuni Siva Kumar
83 Guntur PRATHIPADU (SC) Sucharita Mekathoti 
84 Guntur GUNTUR EAST Mohammad Musthafa Shaik
85 Guntur PEDDAKURAPADU Namburi Shankar Rao
86 Guntur CHILAKALURIPET Vidadala Rajini
87 Guntur SATTENAPALLI Ambati Rambabu
88 Guntur VINUKONDA Bolla Brahmanaidu
89 Guntur NARASARAOPET Gopireddy Srinivasa Reddy
90 Guntur MACHERLA Ramakrishna Reddy Pinnelli
91 Guntur GURAZALA Kasu Mahesh Reddy
92 Krishna NUZVID Meka Venkata Pratap Apparao
93 Krishna KAIKALUR Dulam Nageshwara Rao
94 Krishna GANNAVARAM Yarlagadda Venkata Rao
95 Krishna PENAMALURU Kolusu Partha Sarathy
96 Krishna PEDANA Jogi Ramesh
97 Krishna MACHILIPATNAM Perni Venkatramaiah (Nani)
98 Krishna AVANIGADDA Ramesh Babu Simhadri 
99 Krishna PAMARRU (SC) Kailey Anil Kumar
100 Krishna GUDIVADA Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Nani)
101 Krishna VIJAYAWADA EAST Boppana Bhav Kumar
102 Krishna NANDIGAMA (SC) Monditoka Jagan Mohan Rao
103 Krishna JAGGAYYAPETA Udaya Bhanu Samineni
104 Krishna VIJAYAWADA CENTRAL Malladi Vishnu Vardhan Alias Malladi Vishnu
105 Krishna MYLAVARAM Vasanta Krisnha Prasad
106 Krishna TIRUVURU (SC) Kokkiligadda Rakshana Nidhi
107 Krishna VIJAYAWADA WEST Velampalli Srinivasa Rao
108 West Godavari DENDULURU Kotaru Abbayya  Chowdary 
109 West Godavari ELURU Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas  (Nani)
110 West Godavari CHINTALAPUDI (SC) Vr Elizah
111 West Godavari UNGUTURU Puppala Srinivasa Rao
112 West Godavari POLAVARAM (ST) Tellam Balaraju
113 West Godavari UNDI Pvl Narasimha Raju
114 West Godavari TANUKU Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao
115 West Godavari PALAKOLLU Chavatapalli Satyanarayana Murthy (Dr. Babji)
116 West Godavari BHIMAVARAM Srinivas Grandhi
117 West Godavari ACHANTA Cherukuwada Sri Ranganatha Raju
118 West Godavari T.P.GUDEM Kottu Satyanarayana
119 West Godavari NARASAPURAM Mudunuri Prasad Raju
120 West Godavari NIDADAVOLE Gs Naidu
121 West Godavari KOVVUR (SC) Vanita Taneti
122 West Godavari GOPALAPURAM (SC) Talari Venkatrao
123 East Godavari MANDAPETA Subhaschandrabose Pilli
124 East Godavari R.C.PURAM Srinivasa Venu Gopala Krishna Chelluboyina
125 East Godavari GANNAVARAM (SC) Chittibabu Kondeti
126 East Godavari KOTHAPETA Chirla Jaggireddy
127 East Godavari AMALAPURAM (SC) Viswarupu Pinipe
128 East Godavari MUMMIDIVARAM Ponnada Venkata Satish Kumar
129 East Godavari RAZOLE (SC) Bonthu Rajeswara Rao
130 East Godavari RAMPACHODAVARAM (ST) Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi
131 East Godavari KAKINADA CITY Dwarampudi Chandra Sekhara Reddy 
132 East Godavari PEDDAPURAM Thota Vani
133 East Godavari KAKINADA RURAL Kurasala Kanna Babu
134 East Godavari PRATHIPADU Sri Purna Chandra Prasadu Parvata
135 East Godavari PITHAPURAM Dorababu Pendem
136 East Godavari JAGGAMPETA Jyothula Chantibabu
137 East Godavari TUNI Ramalingeswara Rao Dadisetti (Dadisetti Raja)
138 East Godavari RAJAHMUNDRY CITY Suryaprakasa Rao Routhu
139 East Godavari RAJANAGARAM Jakkampudi Raja
140 East Godavari RAJAHMUNDRY RURAL Akula Veerraju
141 East Godavari ANAPARTHY Dr Sathi Suryanarayana Reddy
142 Visakhapatnam ANAKAPALLI Avss Amarnath Gudivada
143 Visakhapatnam PENDURTHI Adeep Raj
144 Visakhapatnam YELAMANCHILI Uppalapati Venkata Ramana Murthy Raju (Kanna Babu Raju)
145 Visakhapatnam NARSIPATNAM Petla Uma Sankar Ganesh
146 Visakhapatnam CHODAVARAM Dharmasri Karanam
147 Visakhapatnam MADUGULA Budi Mutyala Naidu
148 Visakhapatnam PAYAKARAOPET (SC) Golla Babu Rao
149 Visakhapatnam PADERU (ST) Baghyalakshmi
150 Visakhapatnam ARAKU VALLEY (ST) Chetti Palguna
151 Visakhapatnam VISAKHAPATNAM EAST Akaramani Vijaya Nirmala
152 Visakhapatnam VISAKHAPATNAM WEST Vijay Prasad Malla
153 Visakhapatnam VISAKHAPATNAM SOUTH Dronamraju Srinivas
154 Visakhapatnam GAJUWAKA Tippala Nagi Reddy
155 Visakhapatnam VISAKHAPATNAM NORTH Kk Raju
156 Visakhapatnam BHIMILI Muthamsetti Srinivasa  ( Avanthi Srinivas)
157 Vizianagaram PARVATHIPURAM (SC) Alajangi Jogarao
158 Vizianagaram SALURU (ST) Rajanna Dora Peedika
159 Vizianagaram KURUPAM (ST) Pamula Pushpa Sreevani
160 Vizianagaram SRUNGAVARAPUKOTA Kudabanda Srinivas
161 Vizianagaram VIZIANAGARAM Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy
162 Vizianagaram NELLIMARLA Badukonda Apalanaidu
163 Vizianagaram BOBBILI Sambangi Venkata China Appala Naidu 
164 Vizianagaram CHIPURUPALLE Botcha Satyanarayana
165 Vizianagaram GAJAPATHI NAGARAM Botcha Appala Narasayya
166 Srikakulam PALAKONDA (ST) Viswasarayi Kalavathi
167 Srikakulam SRIKAKULAM Dharmana Prasada Rao
168 Srikakulam NARASANNAPETA Dharmana Krishna Dasu
169 Srikakulam TEKKALI Perada Tilak
170 Srikakulam AMADALAVALASA Thammineni Seetharam
171 Srikakulam PATHAPATNAM Reddy Shanti
172 Srikakulam PALASA Seediri Appala Raju
173 Srikakulam ICHCHAPURAM Piriya Sairaj
174 Srikakulam RAJAM (SC) Kambala Jogulu
175 Srikakulam ETCHERLA Gorle Kiran Kumar
 

Visakhapatnam: Taking a jibe at YSR Congress Party, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday claimed that if YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's party wins the upcoming state Assembly election, then the state will be ruled by Telangana Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR).

Naidu made the statement while addressing party leaders and cadre in Visakhapatnam. The Andhra Pradesh chief minister did not take name but indirectly accused YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy of killing his own uncle, YS Vivekananda Reddy.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are experts in cheating and betraying... Andhra Pradesh got injustice due to KCR and Prime Minister Modi. But Jagan has colluded with them and betraying the state... Do we need a person who killed his own uncle and vanished all the evidences? KCR is supporting Jagan, as he wants a puppet government in Andhra. If YSRCP wins, KCR rules the state. So don`t vote for YSRCP," Naidu was quoted as saying by ANI.

Naidu claims that YSRCP has no right to even sit in opposition. He added that the MPs of YSRCP chose to resign as they lacked the courage to fight against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament and their MLAs failed to attend Assembly sessions as they could not fight on public issues. He remarked that YSRCP MPs and MLAs are only interested in taking salaries and they are not fit to represent the public.

"KCR comes to Visakhapatnam on the name of performing `pujas`. When KCR who had worked for me shows such attitude, how much attitude I should have? We have launched Mission 150+. We have to win all 25 MP seats in the state," added Naidu referring to upcoming Lok Sabha poll.

Naidu remarked that Andhra people showed their political acumen by defeating Congress badly for failing to do justice to the state by dividing it into two parts and now BJP should also meet the same fate in the state. Naidu stressed that Modi-KCR-Jagan have come together only to destroy Anhdra Pradesh but the people of state will not surrender before them. "We have the spirit of NTR with us. He gave us the slogan of self-respect. I gave you the slogan of Self Confidence. If anyone attacks our self-confidence, will we leave them?" Naidu added.

(with ANI inputs)

AMARAVATI: Actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan on Tuesday announced that he will contest the April 11 Assembly election in Andhra Pradesh from Gajuwaka and Bhimavaram constituencies.

It is to be noted that Pawan Kalyan - a well-known Telugu star - launched his own party Jana Sena few years ago and he has decided to jump into the electoral fray from Gajuwaka and Bhimavaram after an intensive survey in various constituencies. Gajuwaka is in Visakhapatnam district and Bhimavaram in West Godavari.

Jana Sena has decided to contest the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party, CPI and CPI(M). As part of the seat-sharing agreement, Jana Sena will field its candidates from 140 Assembly and 18 Lok Sabha seats.

The party has already announced its candidates for 77 Assembly and nine parliamentary seats. The BSP has decided to contest from three Lok Sabha and 21 seats while the two Left parties will field its candidates from seven Assembly and two Lok Sabha seats.

On March 17, Pawan Kalyan had said that he wished to see BSP chief Mayawati as the Prime Minister of India because the country needs a strong leader like her.

It is learnt that Mayawati is scheduled to visit Amalapuram on April 3 and Tirupati the next day before going to Hyderabad. The alliance between Jana Sena and BSP would also extend to Lok Sabha elections in Telangana but the two parties are yet to finalise the seat-sharing arrangement.

In January, while addressing a massive rally in Amaravati, Pawan Kalyan had expressed confidence that his party will form the next government in Andhra Pradesh because it has the support of weaker and backward sections of the society. The Jana Sena supremo had said that main aim is to politically empower all sections of the society and he has not decided to enter the political arena for money and position.

Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday announced the names of candidates for 25 Lok Sabha seats while names of candidates for 175 state Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh.

List of candidates for Lok Sabha election (MPs)

Srikakulam Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu
Vizianagaram Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Visakhapatnam Bharat M
Anakapalli Adari Anand
Araku Kishore Chandradev
Kakinada Chalamalasetti Suneel
Amalapuram Ganti Harish
Rajahmundry Maganti Roopa
Narsapuram Sivarama Raju V
Eluru Magnati Babu
Machilipatnam Konakala Narayana
Vijayawada Kesineni Venkateswarlu (NANI)
Guntur Galla Jayadev
Narasaraopeta Rayapati Sambasiva Rao
Bapatla Sriram Malyadri
Ongole Sidha Raghava Rao
Nellore Beeda Mastan Rao
Kadapa Aadinarayana Reddy
Rajampeta D. Sathyaprabha
Nandyal Sivananda Reddy
kurnool Kotla Suryaprakash Reddy
Ananthapur J.C Pavan Reddy
Hindupur Nimmala Kistappa
Tirupathi Panabaka Lakshmi
Chittoor Siva Prasad

List of candidates for state Assembly election (MLAs)

Palakonda-Nimmak JayaKrishna
Pithapuram- PSVN Varma
Rampachodavaram- Vanthala Rajeswari
Ungutootu- Ganni Veeranjaneyulu
Pedana- Kagitha Venkata Krishna Prasad
Pamarru- Uppuleti Kalpana
SulluruPeta- Parsa Venkataa Rathnam
NandiKotkur- Bandi Jayaraju
BanaganaPalle- BC Janardhan Reddy
RayaDurgam- Kaluva Srinivasulu
Uravakonda- Payyavula Keshav
ThadiPatri- JC Asmith Reddy
Madakasira- K Eeranna
MadanaPalli- Dammalapati Ramesh
Chittore- AS Manohar
Nellimarla - Pathivada Narayana Swamy Naidu
Vizianagaram - Adithi Gajapathiraju
Bhimili Sabbam Hari
Gajuwaka Palla Srinivasa Rao
Chodavaram Kalidindi Surya Naga Sanyasi Raju
Madugula Gavireddy Ramanaidu
Pendurthi Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy
Amalapuram Aithabatula Anand Rao
Nidadavole Burugupalli Sesha Rao
Narsapuram Bhandaru Madhav Naidu
Polavaram Boragam Srinivas Rao
Tadikonda Tenali Sravan Kumar
Bapatla Annam Satish Prabhakar
Narasaraopeta Dr.Aravinda Babu
Macherla Anjireddy
Darsi Kadiri Baburao
Kanigiri Mukku Ugra Narasimha Reddy
Kavali Vishnu Vardhan Reddy
Nellore Rural Abdul Azeez
Venkatagiri K Ramakrishna
Udayagiri Bollineni Ramarao
Kadapa Ameer babu
Koduru Narsimha Prasad
Proddutur Linga Reddy
Kurnool T. G Bharath
Nandyala Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy
Kodumur B Ramanjaneyulu
Guntakal R. Jithendra Goud
Singanamala Bandaru Sravani
Ananthapur Urban Prabhakar Chowdary
Kalyandurg Uma Maheswara Naidu
Kadiri Kandikunta Venkata Prasad
Thamballapalle Shankar Yadav
Satyavedu J.D Rajashekar
Gangadhara Nellore Harikrishna
Puthalapattu Therlam Poornam
Ichapuram - Bendalam Ashok
Palasa - Gouthu Sireesha
Tekkali - Kinjarapu Atchem Naidu
Pathapatnam - Kalamata Venkataramana
Srikakulam - Gunda lakshmi Devi
Amudalavalasa - Kuna Ravi Kumar
Etcherla - Kimidi Kala venkatarao
Narsannapeta - Baggu Ramanamurthy
Rajam - Kondru Murali Mohan
Kurupam - Janardhan Dhatraj
Parvathipuram - Bobbili Chiranjeevulu
Salur - R.P Banjdev
Bobbili - Sujayakrishna Rangarao
Cheepurupalle - Kimidi Nagarjuna
Gajapathinagaram - K.A Naidu
S.Kota - kolla Lalitha Kumari
Visakhapatnam East - Velagapudi Ramakrishna
Vishakapatnam South - Vasupalli Ganesh Kumar
Visakhapatnam North - Ghanta Srinivasa Rao
Vishakapatnam West - P.G.V.R Naidu
Araku - Kidari Sravan kumar
Paderu - Giddi Eswari
Anakapalle - Peela Govinda Satyanarayana
Yelamanchili - Panchakarla Ramesh Babu
Payakaraopeta - Dr. Budumuri Bangaraiah
Narsipatnam - Chintakayala Ayyanapatrudu
Tuni -Yenamala Krishnudu
Prathipadu - Varapula Jogi Raju (Raja)
Kakinada Rural - Pilli Ananthalakshmi
Peddapuram - Nimmakayala Chinnarajappa
Anaparthy - Nallamilli Ramakrishna Reddy
Kakinada City - Vanamadi Venkateswara Rao
Ramachandrapuram - Thota Trimurthulu
Mummidivaram - Datla Subbaraju
Razole - Gollapalli Suryarao
Gannavaram (EG) - Nelapudi Stalin Babu
Kothapeta - Bandaru Satyanandarao
Mandapeta - Vegulla Jogeswara Rao
Rajanagaram - Pendurthi Venkatesh
Rajahmundry City - Adi Reddy Bhavani
Rajahmundry Rural - Gorantla Buchaiah Chowdary
Jaggampeta - Jyothula Nehru
Kovvur - Vangalapudi Anitha
Achanta - Pitani Satyanarayana
Palakollu - Nimmala Ramanaidu
Bhimmavaram - Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu
Undi - Mantena Ramaraju Raju
Tanuku - Arimilli Radhakrishna
Tadepalligudem - Eli Venkata Sudhasudhana Rao(NANI)
Denduluru - Chintamaneni Prabhakar
Eluru - Badeti kota Ramarao
Gopalapuram - Muppidi Venkateswara Rao
Chintalapudi - Karra Raja Rao
Tiruvuru - Kothapalli Syamuel Jawahar
Nuzvid - Mudraboyina Venkateswara Rao
Gannavaram(Krishna) - Vallabhaneni Vamsi
Gudiwada - Devineni Avinash
Kaikaluru - Jayamangala Venkataramana
Machilipatnam - Kollu Ravindra
Avanigadda - Mandali Budda Prasad
Penamaluru - Bode Prasad
Vijayawada West - Shabana Musarat Khatoon
Vijayawada Central - Bonda Uma Maheswara Rao
Vijayawada East - Gadde Rammohan Rao
Mylavaram - Devineni Uma Maheswararao
Nandigama - Tangirala Sowmaya
Jaggayyapet - Sriram Rajagopal Tatayya
Pedakurapadu - Kommalapati Sreedhar
Mangalagiri - Nara Lokesh
Ponnur - Dullipalla Narendra Kumar
Vemuru - Nakka Anand Babu
Repalle - Anagani Satya Prasad
Tenali - Alapati Rajendra Prasad
Prathipadu (SC) - Dokka Manikya Prasad
Guntur West - Maddala Giri
Guntur East - Mohammed Naseer
Chilakaluripeta - Prathipati Pullarao
Sattenapalli - Kodela Sivaprasad
Vinukonda - G V Anjaneyulu
Gurajala - Yerapathineni Srinivas
Yerragondapalem - Budhala Ajitha Rao
Parchur - Yelluri Sambasivarao
Addanki - Gottipati Ravi
Chirala - Karanam Balaramakrishna Murthy
Santhanuthalapadu - B Vijay Kumar
Ongole - Damacharla Janardhan
Kandukur - Pothula Ramarao
Kondapi - G.B.V Swamy
Markapuram - Kandula Narayana Reddy
Giddalur - M Ashok Reddy
Atmakuru - Bollineni Krishnaiah
Kovur - Polamreddy Srinivasulu Reddy
Nellore City - Ponguru Narayana
Nellore Rural - Abdul Aziz
Sarvepalli - Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy
Guduru - Pasam Suneel
Badvel - Obulapuram Rajashekar
Rajampet - Bathyala Changalrayudu
Rayachoti - Reddyppagari Ramesh Kumar Reddy
Pulivendula - Singareddy Venkata Satish Reddy
Kamalapur - Putha Narasimha Reddy
Jammalamadugu - Ponnapureddy Rama Subbareddy
Mydukur - Putta Sudhakar Yadav
Allagadda - Bhuma Akhila Priya
Srisailam - Budda Rajeshakar Reddy
Panyam - Gouru Charitha Reddy
Dhone - K.E Pratap
Pathikonda - K.E Shyam Babu
Yemmiganur - B. Jayanageshwara Reddy
Mantralayam - Thikka Reddy
Adoni - Meenakshi Naidu
Alur - Kotla Sujathamma
Raptadu - Paritala Sriram
Hindupur - Nandamuri Balakrishna
Penukonda - B K Pardhasaradhi
Puttaparthi - Palle Raghunadh Reddy
Dharmavaram - G Suryanarayana
Pileru - Nallari Kishore Kumar Reddy
Punganur - N Anusha Reddy
Chandragiri - Pulivarthi Venkata Mani Prasad (NANI)
Tirupathi - M Sugunamma
Srikalahasthi - Bojjala Sudheer Reddy
Nagari - Gali Bhanu Prakash
Palamaner - N Amarnadh Reddy
Kuppam - Nara Chandrababu Naidu

The Congress on Thursday released the names of three candidates for the Lok Sabha election and 45 candidates for Assembly election in Andhra Pradesh. 

The party has fielded Ramana Kumari Pedada from Visakhapatnam, Naraharasetti Narasimha Rao from Vijayawada and J Lakshmi Narasimha Yadav from Nandyal Lok Sabha constituencies.

For Assembly election, the Congress has given to ticket to Vijjiparthi Srinivas Rao (In place of Pridi Bhagat) from Visakhapatnam East, Haidhar Adi Sinka from Visakhapatnam South, Gompa Govindha Raju from Visakhapatnam North and Piridi Bhagat from Visakhapatnam West.

Illa Rama Gandhara Rao will fight on Congress ticket from Anakapalle Assembly seat, while Venkata Srinivasa Rao (In place of Pantham Indira) will contest from Pithapuram Medidi.

The candidate from Ramachandrapuram is Isukapatla Satish Kumar (In place of Musini Ramkrishna) and Musini Rama Krishna Rao has been given ticket from Kothapeta.

From Bhimavaram, Sekhar Babu Dora Babu will contest on Congress ticket, while B.D.Ravikumar will be Congress' candidate from Nuziveedu.

Ratna Kumar will be Congress candidate from Vijayawada west, V.Gurunadham from Vijayawada Central, Ponugupati Nancharayya from Vijayawada East, Padimidi Nageswarao from Pedakurapadu, Chilak Vijay Kumar from Tadikonda - SC, Jakka Naga Srinivasa Vara Prasad from Ponnur, Mopidevi Srinivas Rao from Repalle, Mohiddin Baig from Bapatla, Savaram Rohit from Guntur West, Jagan Mohan Reddy from Guntur East, Chandra Pal from Sattenapalle and Vinukonda Atluri Vijay Kumar from Altbar.