TPCC starts screening Lok Sabha poll ticket aspirants
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: The Congress on Tuesday started screening applications from aspirants seeking to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, with sources saying that the highest number of applications were filed for the Mahbubabad and Warangal constituencies. A Pradesh Election Committee meeting was chaired by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at the Gandhi Bhavan on the day, with AICC Telangana affairs incharge Deepa Dasmunsi, screening committee chairman Harish Chaudhary, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, among others, taking part in the screening process. The Congress had invited applications from aspirants for all 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state from January 31 to February 3, and received 309 applications in all. Party sources said that the high command has decided to announce the names of candidates for Lok Sabha polls before the code of conduct comes into force.