Congress fields Jeevan Reddy in MLC polls

Hyderabad: The Congress party has fielded former MLA T. Jeevan Reddy in the election of MLC from Karimnagar Graduates Constituency. 

Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan on Tuesday, TPCC President Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the official announcement for Jeevan Reddy's candidature would be done on Wednesday. Further, former minister Sunitha Lakshma Reddy has been assigned the responsibility to select a candidate for MLC elections for Teachers' Constituency. 

Uttam Kumar Reddy also informed that the candidate for MLC seat to be elected by MLAs would be announced by Tuesday night. 

He said that the TPCC Election Committee has completed the process for short listing of candidates for Lok Sabha elections after discussing the names sent by the DCCs. He said that the shortlisted names were being sent to the AICC Screening Committee for approval. He said that the Screening Committee was scheduled to meet in New Delhi on Wednesday and it would take a final decision on Lok Sabha candidates.