The BJP has announced its list of eight lok Sabha candidates for Telangana that includes former Union Ministers Bandaru Dattatreya and Ch Vidyasagar Rao. Dattatreya, BJP vice-president, would be contesting from Secunderabad lok Sabha seat, which he has held twice earlier, while Vidyasagar Rao, a National executive member, has been fielded from Karimnagar.
Other candidates announced by the saffron party for the remaining seats are- sitting MlA E lakshminarayana (Nizamabad), MlA Nagam Janardhan Reddy (Mahabubnagar), Ch Narendranath (Medak), National Executive member N Indrasena Reddy (Bhongir), Bhagawanth Rao (Hyderabad) and R Parameswar (Warangal, SC). The BJP has also announced candidates assembly elections for Telangana assembly. Polling would be held on April 30 in Telangana region. The BJP is in alliance with TDP for the lok Sabha and legislative Assembly elections in Telangana and Seemandhra regions in Andhra Pradesh.
As per the seat sharing arrangement, BJP would field candidates in 47 assembly seats (out of 119) and eight lok Sabha segments (out of 17) in Telangana. The party would also contest five lok Sabha seats and 15 assembly seats (out of 175) in Seemandhra. The BJP hopes to gain grounds in Telangana on its own and in Seemandra region with a helping hand from the TDP coupled with “a Modi impact” , according to party leaders.