BJP announces list of 8 Lok Sabha candidates for Telangana

NEW DELHI: BJP today declared its list of 8 Lok Sabha candidates for Telangana where the party is contesting the polls in alliance with TDP.

Party's national Vice President Bandaru Dattatreya will contest from Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat while its floor leader in Andhra Pradesh E Lakshminarayana will contest the Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency.

BJP national executive member Vidyasagar Rao will contest from Karimanagar Lok Sabha seat while the party's state executive member Chagendla Narendra Nath will be in fray from Medak seat.

Hyderabad Ganesh Utsava Samithi general secretary Bhagawanth Rao will contest for Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat and its national executive member Nagam Janardhan Reddy will fight it out from Mahaboobnagar Lok Sabha constituency.

Another BJP's national executive member Indrasen Reddy will contest from Bhongir while party leader Ramagalla Parameswar will contest from Warangal (SC) Lok Sabha seat. BJP also declared the list of its 47 candidates for assembly elections in Telangana under its tie-up with TDP.