APCC invites candidates to apply for Assembly, Lok Sabha seats
andhrapradesh | Written by : Suryaa Desk
With no alliance with TD or any other party, the AP Congress Committee launched its election campaign on its own and announced that it was ready to receive applications from aspirants of both Lok Sabha and AP Assembly seats in the state. The District Congress Committee offices of concerned district headquarters have been earmarked as venues to receive applications from interested candidates who wished to contest as Congress candidates in the upcoming polls.
After the programme launched at Anantapur DCC office, APCC chief N. Raghuveera Reddy submitted his application seeking Kalyanadurgam Assembly seat on Thursday.
Mr Reddy hails from Madakasira Assembly segment that is reserved for SC. He contested from Kalyanadurgam in 2009 elections and served as minister for five years.
Later after the state bifurcation and the increasing anti-wave for Congress, Mr Reddy shifted to Penukonda Assembly but failed to get even his deposit back in a triangular fight. The APCC chief is once again planning to contest from Kalyanadurgam Assembly segment.
Though the Congress party cadres hoped for an alliance with Telugu Desam, the TD high command reportedly stepped back following the debacle in Telangana polls.
Mr Raghuveera Reddy submitted his application to Anantapur DCC president Mr Kota Satyam. Referring to the many party leaders and cadres from Congress who had shifted to TD hoping for an alliance with TD, Mr Raghuveera Reddy said that as there was no alliance, they were coming back and rejoining the Congress.
“We will first get the signature on Special Category Status after being voted to power at Centre,” he said and further added that many developmental works such as the railway line between Rayadurgam-Bengaluru, Kalyanadurgam-Anatnapur were still pending. On the first day of the campaign, about 10 aspirants submitted their applications at the DCC office.
Mr K. Rajiv Reddy for Anantapur Lok Sabha, Mr C. Venkatramudu for Hindupur Lok Sabha and Mr K. T. Sridhar from Penukonda were among those who submitted their applications.