Telangana unit of BJP likely to announce first list of candidates
The Telangana unit of the BJP is likely to announce the first set of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state, in a day or two, said party spokesperson Krishna Sagar Rao on Friday. An election committee headed by its Telangana unit president K Laxman has been formed for the screening of candidates.
"Most likely we may announce the first set of contesting candidates tomorrow or day after tomorrow. We are hoping to announce 25 to 30 names in the first tranche. The number may vary but announcement of candidates will be done in a day or two," said Rao.
Nearly five "worthy requests" from applicants on an average per constituency have already been received by the party, he said.
BJP has decided to slug it out alone in the polls.
Party chief Amit Shah time and again clarified that the party will not have any alliance in Telangana.
BJP national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao, former minister and sitting MP of Secunderabad Bandaru Dattatreya, former MLA G Kishan Reddy and MLC N Ramachandra Rao are among the 14 members of the party's Election Committee, according to the list by the party sources.
BJP legislators Raja Singh and Chintala Ramachandra Reddy from the dissolved assembly however, did not figure in the list.
