Congress drops K, K candidates for TD and PRP

The Congress leadership seems to have taken serious look into the social background of every candidate in its selection for the Assembly and Lok Sabha seats. The party leadership is understood to have considered the social combinations and tried to accommodate those who have been with the party rather than giving representation to the castes [...]

It seems the Telugu Desam party is forced to make changes in its plans to give 100 seats to BCs as it promised at the BC Garjana in Warangal a few months back. According to party insiders, it will stick to its stand of giving 33 percent seats to BCs but in terms of numbers [...]

Praja Rajyam president K. Chiranjeevi has said that by giving party tickets to only 66 candidates from the backward classes, Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy stood exposed.
At a press conference on Sunday, he said after crying hoarse that the list of candidates prepared by the Congress would truly reflect the party’s sincerity towards implementing social [...]

Arrangements have been made for filing of nominations by candidates on Monday when the Election Commission will formally issue the notification for holding elections in 22 Lok Sabha and 154 Assembly constituencies in North Coastal Andhra and Telangana regions.
These constituencies will go to the polls in the first phase on April 16.
The EC on Sunday [...]

You may not have heard of Rammanohar Lohia, whose birth centenary year begins on this very day, and his brand of indigenous socialism. But the quotation reminds us of the importance of democratic accountability in between elections. It also invites us to go beyond the usual questions such as “Kaun banega pradhan mantri?” to ask [...]

The election process has been set in motion. With the issuance of poll notification on Monday, tension has started mounting up in all political parties. Compared to all the other parties, the Congress is sitting pretty by announcing the list of candidates well in advance and Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is oozing [...]

PRP candidates for 2009 Assembly Elections Dist and Names:
Srikakulam:
1. Etcherla: Kala Venkatarao
2. Pathapatnam: Kalamata Mohanrao
3. Rajam: Kambala Jogulu
4. Tekkali: Satyanand or Sinivasarao
5. Amadalavalasa: Thammineni Vani
6. Narasannapeta: Jagan or Nageswararao
Vizianagaram:
1. Vizianagaram: Ayyalu or Geetha
2. Chipurupalle: K. Rammohanarao or R. Sugunakararao
Visakhapatnam:
1. Gajuwaka: Ganta Srinivasa Rao
2. Vizag (South): Rehman
3. Narsipatnam: Yerrapatrudu
4. Vizag (West): Ganapatrudu
East Godavari:
1. Rajahmundry-1: Bommana Rajkumar/Sankarrao
2. [...]

Coastal Andhra - Loksatta candidates for Assembly polls in Andhra area
1. Amudalavalasa: Tammineni Annamnaidu
2. Gajapatinagaram: D. Eeswara Rao
3. Vijayanagaram: Bheesetti A Babji
4. Gajuwaka: Biharilal
5. Anakapalli: Garimella Narayana
6. Jaggampeta: Kamineni Jayasree
7. Prattipadu: K. Venkata Satya Prasad
8. Peddapuram: Karanam Venkateswara Rao
9. Undi: G. JanakiRamaraju
10. Pamarru: U. Rajamani
11. Vijayawada (East): K.V. Purna Basaveswara Rao
12. Vijayawada Central: Ghnanamba
13. [...]

Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) unofficially announced candidates list for 2009 Assembly and Loksabha elections.
Some highlights of the announcement (unofficial) are:
* PRP President Chiranjeevi will contest from Tirupati. He also said he contests from three different places.
* PRP Party spokesperson Mitra will contest from Nellore Assembly segment.
[...]

PRP Announced at least three candidates for the upcoming Loksabha elections.
1. Vijayawada: Kesineni Nani
2. Visakhapatnam: Ghanta Srinivasa Rao
3. Nandyal: Bhuma Nagireddy
According to party sources, PRP will contest from 294 Assembly seats and 42 Loksabha seats