AP Polls: Naidu Hands Over B forms to TDP MP and MLA Candidates

VIJAYAWADA: Telugu Desam president Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday offered B-Forms to the party contestants for assembly and Lok Sabha segments, at Undavalli in Guntur district. This raised protests in the respective assembly segments.The Telugu Desam is fielding its own candidates in 144 of the total 175 assembly and 17 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats as part of the alliance pact with the Jana Sen and BJP.Naidu offered B-Forms to a majority of these contestants. He also asked them to take an oath that they would strive hard to realise the ideals of party founder NT Rama Rao and protect the Telugu self-respect.Later, addressing the contestants, he said the selection of the party candidates was done by keeping in mind the interests of the people and the party cadre. I made sure I took only those who were having a good track record.Noting that the party candidates have a campaign time of only 20 days, he asked them to fight with a strong will.Naidu criticised chief minister Jagan Reddy by saying, “When CBI confirmed that he earned `43,000 crore illegally when his father was in power, he claims he was implicated in false cases, instead of proving that he was innocent.”