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BJP announces candidates for Arunachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh assembly elections

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced names of its candidates for Arunachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh assemblies, which will go to polls along with the Lok Sabha elections on April 11.

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By CNBC-TV18 March 17, 2019, 5:55:54 PM IST (Published)

BJP announces candidates for Arunachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh assembly elections
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced names of its candidates for Arunachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh assemblies, which will go to polls along with the Lok Sabha elections on April 11.


In a meeting chaired by president Amit Shah, BJP has announced its candidates for 123 seats in the 175-member Andhra Pradesh assembly and for 54 seats in the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh assembly,

Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu has been fielded from Mukto constituency.

In Andhra Pradesh, the two main challengers for power are chief minister Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP and Jaganmohan Reddy-led YSR Congress with the BJP hoping to improve its tally.

The BJP came to power in Arunachal Pradesh after a majority of Congress MLAs deserted the party to ally with it and later joined it.
The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh, minister of Home Affairs, Arun Jaitley, minister of finance and Sushma Swaraj, minister.



With inputs from PTI.

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