Sons of at least six former Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh will be in the fray for May 13 simultaneous polls to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Lok Sabha while daughters of two former Chief Ministers are also likely to join the race.
Leading the list of high-profile candidates is the YS Jagan The son of the former Chief Minister of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh late Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy will be seeking re-election from the Pulivendula constituency in YSR family’s home district Kadapa.
Pulivendula has been considered a pocket borough of the YSR family since 1978. Jagan Mohan Reddy will be seeking re-election from here for a third consecutive term.
His sister and state Congress YS Sharmila is likely to enter the fray from the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency to challenge the sitting MP and cousin Y. S. Avinash Reddy.
Kadapa has also been the stronghold of the YSR family since 1989.
Children of another former Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder N. T. Rama Rao will also be testing their political fortunes. Interestingly, like YSR, the children of NTR will also be contesting on tickets of different parties.
NTR Son Bala Krishna will be looking for a hat-trick as MLA from the Hindupur constituency.
NTR himself was elected from Hindupur in 1985, 1989 and 1994. His elder son N. Harikrishna was also elected from here in the by-poll held in 1996 following the death of the thespian.
NTR’s daughter D. Purandeswari, who is president of the state BJP, is also likely to contest for Parliament.
A former union minister, Purandeswari had quit Congress to join the BJP in 2014 after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh
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