TDP and the Jana Sena Party (JSP) released the first list of 118 seats yesterday for the forthcoming Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh. Of these 118 candidates in the first list, 94 are from TDP, while JSP will be contesting in 24 seats. Pawan Kalyan revealed the names of five JanaSena candidates and promised to reveal the remaining 19 names in a couple of days. Telugu Desam Party’ list had names of 99 candidates of 118.
Jana Sena will contest in 24 assembly seats and 3 Lok Sabha seats, it has been revealed in this announcement. But the non-appearance of many seniors in this list has become a matter of discussion. Rajahmundry Rural sitting MLA Gorantla Butchaiah Chaudhary is among the TDP seniors who are not clear on the seat. Gorantla made key comments after Chandrababu and Pawan made a joint statement yesterday.
Gorantla Butchaiah Chaudhary said the Rajahmundry Rural seat is his. He said that his victory in the next election is confirmed. Gorantla revealed, “Chandrababu said me that he would give me the Rajahmundry rural ticket.”
Gorantla Butchaiah Chaudhary Chowdary said that there was still time and the party would be finalizing the second list and he was confident that party would consider his name for Rajahmundry rural constituency.
Jana Sena leader Kandula Durgesh is also in the race for the Rajahmundry Rural seat ticket. A video of Durgesh’s comments saying that Jana sena chief Pawan Kalyan will give Rajahmundry rural ticket to him has gone viral on social media.