The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Friday announced candidates for four Lok Sabha constituencies in the Rayalaseema districts in its third list.
A retired IRS official, Daggumalla Prasada Rao, 62, was named as the candidate for Chittoor (SC) Lok Sabha constituency. Mr Rao, who hails from Bapatla district, retired in 2019 as Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. His family runs a construction business in Hyderabad.
Speaking to the media here, Mr. Rao said that he joined the TDP after being inspired by the vision of party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu. “I have been actively involved in social service and in the field of health and education all over coastal Andhra Pradesh. I have the acumen to identify people’s problems, and believe that I have the ability to solve them,” he said. Interestingly, though Mr. Rao had requested the TDP supremo to allow him to contest from Bapatla (SC) Lok Sabha constituency, he was given the Chittoor ticket. The YSR Congress Party’s candidate from Chittoor is M. Reddappa, the sitting MP.
