Over 1100 apply for Congress tickets in Seemandhra

Hyderabad, April 1 : Rubbing the claims of opposition parties that there were no takers for Congress ticket in Seemandhra region, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Dr N Raghuveera Reddy on Tuesday claimed that the party received over a thousand applications from the aspirants.

Speaking to media persons at Indira Bhavan here, Raghuveera Reddy said that the APCC received as many as 1,160 applications for 175 Assembly seats and 175 aspirants applied for Congress ticket from 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in residuary State of Andhra Pradesh. He said that number itself prove that the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh had no impact on the poll prospects of Congress party. He said the APCC was finding it difficult to short-list these candidates as almost all of them veil good influence in their constituencies.

Raghuveera Reddy said almost all sitting MPs and MLAs would be re-nominated and preference would be given to youth in allocation of tickets. He said the short-listed candidates’ list would be taken to New Delhi to take Congress High Command’s final approval. He also informed that the Congress manifesto for Andhra Pradesh would be released between April 8th and 10th.   INN