Congress announces MLC candidates

The Congress party on Sunday announced five candidates for the MLC elections.

AICC Secretary and retiring MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy has been renominated. Former minister Mohammad Ali Shabbir, Lakshmi Shivakumari, Veerabhadra Swamy and Santosh Kumar are the other candidates.

Confirming the candidature of five members, PCC President Botsa Satyanarayana said that the party was yet to decide on whether or not to field the sixth candidate for the MLC elections. Justifying the selection of candidates, he said that all sections of the society have been given proper representation.