Congress announces eight candidates for Telangana by-polls

Andhra Pradesh Congress chief D. Srinivas will contest from the Nizamabad Urban assembly constituency in the July 27 by-elections.

The Congress Sunday announced candidates for eight assembly seats while the nominees for the remaining four seats are likely to be announced in couple of days.

The party has fielded the same candidates who lost in last year’s elections. Former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir will contest from Yellareddy while another former minister G. Vinod has been fielded from Chennur.

The other candidates are A. Indrakiran Reddy (Sirpur), Lakshman Kumar (Dharmapuri), A. Srinivas (Vemulawada), K.K. Mahender Reddy (Sircilla) and K. Dayasgar Rao (Warangal West).

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