M Buddha Prasad
Credit; Facebook/@Mandali Buddha Prasad
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh): Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan on Thursday announced M Buddha Prasad as the party's candidate from Avanigadda constituency in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.
Following deliberations with party seniors, Kalyan confirmed the candidate for Avanigadda constituency.
"On Thursday morning, Kalyan deliberated with party seniors and confirmed the candidature of M Buddha Prasad," Janasena said in a press release.
The actor-politician is expected to take a decision on the candidate for Palakonda constituency in a couple of days while the party, an NDA constituent in the state, is considering whether to replace its Railway Kodur candidate, Y Bhaskar Rao, or not.
As part of the seat-sharing deal among the NDA partners in Andhra Pradesh, TDP was allocated 144 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha constituencies while BJP will contest from six Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly constituencies.
Under the deal, Pawan Kalyan's Janasena will contest two Lok Sabha and 21 Assembly seats.
The Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh are scheduled on May 13 and counting of votes is slated for June 4.