HYDERABAD: The names of two BJP parliamentarians G Kishan Reddy and K Laxman who earlier unsuccessfully contested in the Telangana assembly do not figure in the list of 35 candidates announced by the saffron party for the November 30 polls on Thursday.
The BJP has fielded Lankala Deepak Reddy against cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin (Congress) in the Jubilee Hills constituency.
With the fresh list, the BJP has so far released 88 names for the polls of the state assembly which has 119 seats.
Kishan Reddy, who is a union minister and a Lok Sabha member from Secunderabad, contested from Amberpet in the 2018 polls and lost to BRS sitting MLA K Venkatesh, while Laxman was defeated in Musheerabad segment by his BRS rival M Gopal. Laxman was nominated to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh last year.
A senior BJP leader told PTI that the names for some of the seats have not been announced, keeping in view the ongoing talks with Pawan Kalyan-led Janasena party. Party sources said Janasena would be offered six to seven seats in districts bordering Andhra Pradesh.
C Krishna Yadav, a former minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh, is being nominated for the Amberpet segment, while Poosa Raju will contest from Musheerabad.
Actor and former minister Babu Mohan and senior leader Marri Shahshidhar Reddy's names also figured in the list. The party also nominated trade union leader Ashwathama Reddy.
This is the third list of BJP candidates. The first list with 52 names and the second list with just one name were released by the party earlier.
Three Lok Sabha MPs, including its former Telangana president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, figured in the BJP's first list.
The BJP has also given a ticket to its controversial Hindutva leader T Raja Singh from his Goshamahal seat after revoking his suspension, which was effected last year for alleged insulting remarks towards Prophet Mohammad.
Its election committee head Etela Rajender has been fielded from Huzurabad, a seat the former BRS leader represents in the outgoing assembly.