Summary:
Senior IRS officer, Metta Rama Rao, of 1991 batch took VRS, and is contesting on Jana Sena ticket as MP candidate from Srikakulam. Former inspector general of police K Iqbal Ahmed Khan is contesting against actor and MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna from Hindupur assembly constituency. Apart from former CBI joint director, VV Lakshminarayana, other IPS officials like Iqbal are also in the fray.Former IAS officer Thota Chandrashekar is contesting from Guntur East assembly for Jana Sena. HYDERABAD: At least 20 All India Services and Group-1 officers, who have either retired or taken a VRS, are contesting from various political parties in Andhra Pradesh for the assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies. Collectors have turned executives of the ruling party with no autonomy, and unlike earlier, there is no innovation..