Telangana Congress Screening Committee Meet Held, Candidates Vie for 30 Assembly Seats

New Delhi: Ahead of the Election Commission’s announcement of poll schedule for Telangana Assembly election, the central screening committee and Telangana screening committee held a crucial meeting in the national capital on Sunday to pick the candidates for the remaining assembly seats. 

The Congress party has already finalised candidate names for 70 of the 119 assembly seats in the state. Names of several prominent faces like Mohammed Ali Shabbir, Uttam Kumar Reddy, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Sridhar Babu, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Prem Sagar Rao have already been finalised by the party high command. 

However, the competition for the remaining 30 assembly seats is fierce. It is reported that the screening committees will finalise the names for these constituencies after analysing the ground survey report. 

List of constituencies where more than one candidate is expected to contest the assembly election: 

Janagam: Kommuri Pratap Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah Tungaturthi: Dr. Ravi, Pidamarthi Ravi Satthupalli: Sambhani Chandrasekhar, Manavatha Roy Gadwala: Sarita, Kuruva Vijay Munugode: Krishna Reddy, Punna Kailash Neta, Sravanti Reddy Ramagundam: Harkara Venugopal, Raj Thakur Vanaparthi: Meghareddy, Chinnareddy Devarakadra: Kothakota Siddhartha Reddy, G. Madhusudan Reddy Huzurabad: Balmuru Venkat, Vaditela Pranav Suryapet: Ram Reddy Damodar Reddy, Patel Ramesh Reddy Makhtal: Parnika Reddy, Srihari Mudiraj Khairatabad: Vijaya Reddy, Rohin Reddy Husnabad: Ponnam Prabhakar, unidentified leader Karimnagar: Jaipal Reddy, Purumalla Srinivas, K. Narender Reddy Choppadandi: Medipalli Satyam, Sattu Mallesam Dubbaka: Cheruku Srinivas Reddy, Kathi Karthika Narsapur: Avula Rajireddy, Gali Anil Kumar Station Ghanapur: Singapuram Indira, unidentified leader Kollapur: Jupally Krishnarao, Dr. Kethuri Venkatesh Mahbubabad: Balram Naik, Murali Naik Dornakal: Ramachandra Naik, Nehru Naik, Warangal West: Naini Rajender Reddy, Janga Raghava Reddy Parakala: Konda Murali, Inagala Venkatrami Reddy Jubilee Hills: Mohammed Azharuddin, Vishnu Kukatpally: Satish, Murali, Gottimukkala Vengal Rao Devarakonda: Balu Naik, Pravalika Kishan Naik