Amaravati, The YSR Congress Party on Saturday introduced candidates for all 175 Assembly seats and 24 Lok Sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, dropping a majority of the sitting MPs.
YSR Congress president and Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy introduced the candidates after paying tributes to his late father and former chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy at Idupulapaya in Kadapa district.
The ruling occasion has stored the announcement pending for solely Anakapalli Lok Sabha seat.
YSRCP, which had bagged 151 Assembly and 22 Lok Sabha seats in 2019, is locked in a direct powerful combat with TDP-BJP-JSP alliance this time.
Barring seven sitting MPs, the YSRCP has both dropped the remaining or shifted them to Assembly seats. Similarly, the occasion has dropped greater than 60 sitting MLAs or fielded them for Lok Sabha polls or modified their Assembly seats.
Jagan Mohan Reddy, who will likely be in search of re-election from Pulivendula Assembly constituency, advised media individuals that he’s comfortable that YSRCP has ensured social justice in ticket distribution by allotting 50 per cent of the tickets to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Castes and Minorities.
He known as this a historic growth within the historical past of Andhra Pradesh politics.
Out of 200 seats (MLA plus MP), 50 per cent seats (84 MLA, 16 MP) have been given to BC/SC/ST/Minority communities, the occasion mentioned.
YSRCP parliamentary occasion chief and member of Rajya Sabha V. Vijaya Sai Reddy will contest for Lok Sabha from Nellore.
Jagan Mohan Reddy additionally retained the sitting MP and his cousin Y. S. Avinash Reddy from Kadapa regardless of the allegations in opposition to him within the homicide of his uncle and former minister Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy.
Kesineni Srinivas (Nani), who was elected to Lok Sabha from Vijayawada on TDP ticket in 2019 and lately crossed over to YSRCP, has been named because the candidate from the identical constituency.
Former minister P. Anil Kumar Yadav, who was representing Nellore Assembly constituency, will contest for Narasaraopet Lok Sabha seat
Senior chief and minister Botsa Satyanarayana’s spouse Botsa Jhansi Laxmi has been named because the candidate from Visakhapatnam rather than sitting MP M. V. V. Satyanarayana.
For the Assembly elections, the YSRCP has given 29 tickets to SCs, seven to STs, 48 to BCs, 91 to OCs and 7 to minorities. They embrace 19 to ladies. (*24*) to 2019, the occasion has given seven tickets extra to SC/ST/BC/Minority communities. The variety of ladies has additionally gone up by 4.
For Lok Sabha polls, 4 SCs, one ST, 11 BCs and 9 OCs are in fray. There are 5 ladies. The variety of candidates belonging to SC/ST/BC has passed by 4 in comparison with 2019. The illustration of ladies has additionally elevated by one.
The YSRCP claimed to have recognised cadres who labored for the occasion by giving 14 seats to leaders from native our bodies or grassroots.
Out of the whole 200 candidates chosen for both MLA or MP, 77 per cent of them, i.e. 153 candidates (131 MLA, 22 MP), are graduates and above. There are 58 publish graduates and 6 doctorates. There are 17 docs, 15 legal professionals, 34 engineers, 5 academics, two civil servants, one defence personnel and one journalist.
