List of 28 candidates not authentic: BJP

Hyderabad: A 28- candidates list of party candidates doing rounds within a couple of hours of the State BJP president Dr K Laxman announced that his party will announce its list of candidates for the ensuing State Assembly elections after the Election Commission notifying the poll schedule. According to the list of probable candidates doing rounds was that the sitting MLAs of the BJP have retained their Assembly segments.

The names figured against different constituencies are Gujjala Ramakrishna Reddy (Peddapalli), Satish Gowd (Secunderabad), G Manohar Reddy (Munugodu), Sudhakar Sharma (Maheshwaram), Bandi Sanjay (Karimnagar), K Srinivas Reddy (Husnabad), N Ramchander Rao (Malkajgiri), Geddam Nagaraju (Manakondur), Achari (Kalwakurthy), Kanta Rao (Kukatpally), Kirti Reddy (Bhupalapalli), Rao Padma (Warangal West), Venkateshwara Rao (Suryapet), G Shyamasundar Rao (Bhongiri), Nagamallisvar Rao (Sattupalli), Ram Venu (Chennuru), Raghunandan Rao (Dubbaka),Yendala Laxminarayan (Nizamabad Urban), D Aravind (Bansuvada), Akula Vijaya (Sircilla), Prathapa Ramakrishna(Vemulavada), Baboji Bhaskar or Taduri Narasimha Chalam (Korutla), Narottam Reddy (Siddipet), P Ramadevi (Madhol), Payala Shankar (Adilabad), Swarna Reddy (Nirmal), Balamuri Vanitha Rao (Ramagundam). Candidates for the remaining Assembly segments are expected to be finalised in a week or ten days, the posts claim.

However, when contacted party sources said that the list was ready, but it was not yet been finalised. The list that was doing rounds was not authentic, the sources said.