BJP releases its final list of 14 candidates, makes three changes

HYDERABAD: The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released its final list with 14 candidates for the ensuing Assembly elections in Telangana.

The BJP fielded former MLC N Ramachander Rao as its candidate for the Malkajgiri constituency and Ravi Kumar Yadav for the Serilingampally constituency.

However, the party made changes in three places from the earlier lists that it had announced. In Wanaparthy, the party nominated Anugna Reddy in place of Ashvathama Reddy, Koyyala Emaji in place of Sridevi in Bellampally and Mahender in Chandrayangutta in place of Satyanarayana Mudiraj.

Later, BJP state general secretary G Premender Reddy in a statment clarified that Sridevi would continue as the party’s candidate for Bellampally and Rajagopal would continue in Alampur in place of Maremma.