KARIMNAGAR: All the three major political parties are set to start their election
campaign from the erstwhile Karimnagar district.
After having renominated all sitting MLAs, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar
Rao started the party's poll campaign from his ‘lucky’ Husnabad constituency
of Karimnagar district.
The BJP, which is yet to announce its candidates, is to launch its campaign
from Jammikunta in Huzurabad constituency on Monday with Union defence
minister Rajnath Singh in town.
The Congress party has announced names of candidates in seven of 13 Assembly segments. MLA D. Sridhar Babu (Manthani), MLC T. Jeevan Reddy (Jagtial) and Ch. Vijay Ramana Rao (Peddapalli) have all made it in the first list.
All four DCC presidents of Rajanna Sircilla, Jagtail, Peddapalli and
Karimnagar districts Aadi Srinivas (Vemulawada), Adluri Laxman Kumar
(Dharmapuri), Raj Tagore Makkan Singh (Ramagundam) and Dr.Kavvampally
Satyanarayana (Manakondur) have also been given tickets.
As regards the Karimnagar seat, represented by BC welfare minister Gangula
Kamalakar, there is a heavy competition within Congress with four key
leaders M. Rohith Rao, K. Narendar Reddy, K. Jaypal Reddy and P. Srinivas
vying with each other for the party ticket.
In Huzurabad, the grandson of Singarapu Rajeshwar Rao, a kin of Captain.
Laxmikantha Rao, a former close associate of Chandrashekar Rao, who
recently joined Congress, is in the ticket race along with NSUI state
president Balmoori Venkat Rao.
As for the Sircilla seat, represented by IT minister K.T. Rama Rao, the
Congress party is seeing a fight between K. Mahendar Reddy, Medipally
Sathyam, V. Raj Mallaiah and Nagi Shekar.
In the Husnabad Assembly segment, former MP Ponnam Prabhakar and former MLA.
Aligireddy Praveen Reddy are battling it out for the Congress ticket.
