Kiran Reddy opts out of Andhra election

HYDERABAD: Former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh and president of Jai Samaikyaandhra Party ( JSP), Kiran Kumar Reddy, has opted out of the contest in the elections on May 7 in the state.

Though Reddy was expected to file his nomination from his home turf, Piler assembly constituency in Chittoor district on Saturday, he opted out at the last minute and instead fielded his younger brother Kishore Kumar Reddy as the JSP candidate.

Reddy’s decision not to fight the election comes as a surprise to the two-month-old party that was established on the united Andhra Pradesh platform.