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Sarada to contest from Venkatagiri

Film star and former Tenali Lok Sabha member Sarada, two women and Minorities Welfare Minister Khaleel Basha figured in the fourth list of 19 assembly candidates released by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party president Nara Chandrababu Naidu yesterday.

In all nine sitting legislators were denied tickets while former minister Durgaprasada Rao was re-nominated.

The following is the list of the 19 candidates:

Srinivasa Rao (Gurazala), Yellasiri Srinivasa Reddy (Rapur), Sarada (Venkatagiri where she would take on former chief minister N Janardhan Reddy's wife Rajyalakshmi), Dr N Sivaprasad (Satyavedu), P Pushpa Raj (Vepanjeri), S A Khaleel Basha (Cuddapah), Jayaram (Singanamala), Jayapal Yadav (Kalvakurthy), Hariswara Reddy (Parigi), R Shobha (Madanapalli), Dr G Uma (Tenali), Jitendrappa (Raidurg), B Durga Prasada Rao (Gudur), Masala Eeranna (Alur), A S Manohar (Chittoor), N Phanikumar (Dharmavaram), Tulsirao (Ongole), B Sitarama Reddy (Atmakur) and M Lingareddy (Proddatur).

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