Lokesh To Contest From Kuppam?

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu is reportedly planning to field his son and IT minister N Lokesh from his Kuppam assembly constituency from where the Telugu Desam chief hailed and elected MLA.  

The buzz in the TDP circles is that Chandrababu already sent a message to Anantapur district leaders that he will fight from one of the assembly segments in the district. 

 The TDP Chief wanted to fight from Kalyanana Durgam segment.The party won  12 out of 14 seats in the district in the last elections.  At present, TDP leader Hanumantaraya Chowdary is representing the constituency which was  a strong hold of AP Congress Chief N Raghuveera Reddy till 2014 elections. 

It is being said that the seat will be given to TDP under seat sharing agreement between TDP and Congress and Chandrababu will fight  from the segment.