BJP releases 3rd list of 35 candidates, Babu Mohan, Shashidhar Reddy, NVSS Prabhakar nominated

HYDERABAD: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released a third list of candidates for the ensuing Assembly elections. The party earlier released a list of 52 candidates on October 23, and only one name in its second list.

The list was declared by the BJP Central Election Committee headed by party president JP Nadda and endorsed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and other members of the Committee in New Delhi.

The party fielded Marri Shashidhar Reddy from Sanathnagar, P Babu Mohan from Andole, Panja Vijay Kumar from Medak, NVSS Prabhakar from Uppal, Sama Ranga Reddy from LB Nagar, KS Ratnam from Chevella (SC), Lankala Deepak Reddy from Jubilee Hills, Mekala Sarangapani from Secunderabad, Challa Srilatha Reddy from Huzurnagar, and Nunna Ravi Kumar from Palair.

Others include Verabelli Raghunath (Mancherial), Ajmeera Athmaram Naik (Asifabad ST), Vaddi Mohan Reddy (Bodhan), Endala Laxminaryana (Banswada), Dinesh Kulachari (Nizamabad Rural), Chandupatla Sunil Reddy (Manthani), Jenawade Sangappa (Narayankhed), Ramchandra Raja Narasimha (Zaheerabad), Tokala Srinivas Reddy (Rajendranagar), Booneti Maruthi Kiran (Parigi), Poosa Raju (Musheerabad), Samreddy Surender Reddy (Malakpet), Krishna Yadav (Amberpet), K Rathang Pandu Reddy (Narayanpet), Chittaranjan Das (Jadcherla), Jalandhar Reddy (Makthal), Ashwathama Reddy (Wanaparthy), Devani Sathish Madiga (Achampet SC), Ande Babaiah (Shadnagar), Kethavath Lalu Naik (Devarakonda ST), Madagani Srinivas Goud (Nalgonda), Padala Srinivas (Alair), Dr. P Kali Prasad Rao (Parkal), Podiyam Balaraju (Pinapaka ST) and Ramalingeshwar Rao (Sathupalli SC).

However, Banda Karthik Reddy who sought nomination from the Secunderabad Assembly constituency, Bandaru Dattatreya's daughter Bandaru Vijayalakshmi (Musheerabad), Keerthi Reddy, Veerapaneni Padma and Vikram Reddy (Jubilee Hills), Lingala Hari Goud (Malakpet), Vijay Pal Reddy (Narayankhed), Delhi Vasanth (Zaheerabad) and Sri Vardhan Reddy and Vishnuvardhan Reddy (Shad Nagar) missed the bus.