Summary:
Hyderabad: Battered by defections of its leg, the Congress in Telangana on Friday announced candidates for eight out of the state’s 17 Lok Sabha seats. Polling in Telangana is scheduled in a single phase on April 11 in the first phase of the seven phase Lok Sabha polls. The first list of candidates was announced after the names of the candidates were cleared by the party’s central leadership. The candidates for remaining seats are likely to be announced on Saturday. Sitting MP Konda Visweswar Reddy, who had defected to Congress from the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on the eve of Assembly polls, will seek re-election from Chevella..