YSR Congress party president and leader of opposition Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is fast gearing up to face the upcoming assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.
According to party sources, Jagan has almost finalized the candidates’ list for the assembly elections and will be announcing the names in a phased manner starting with the first week of February.
He is holding “Samara Sankhaaravam” meetings from February 4 to 6 to gear up the cadre for the elections.
The first meeting would be held at Tirupati on February 6, followed by Kadapa on February 7 and Anantapur on February 8.
“The first list of candidates in these three districts would be announced during these meetings in the respective districts,” party sources said.
Such meetings would be conducted in every district subsequently till February end and in each district, Jagan would announce the list of candidates one after the other.
Except in those assembly segments where the MLAs had defected to the TDP, the YSRC chief would announce the candidates in all the other constituencies, party sources said.
In such constituencies where the sitting MLAs defected to the TDP, Jagan will hold meetings with local leaders to identify the alternative candidates, party sources added.