LS polls 2024 Phase 4: Mahbubnagar to witness replay of 2019 contest as Congress, BJP, BRS field same candidates

Mahbubnagar (Telangana) [India], May 11 : The Mahbubnagar Constituency in Telangana will see a replay of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as the three major parties--Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and Bharat Rashtra Samiti have fielded the same candidates in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana state in southern India. It includes around seven assembly constituencies spread across four districts.
Congress has fielded Challa Vamsichand Reddy, BJP has given ticket to DK Aruna and BRS has fielded Manna Srinivas Reddy who is also a sitting MP from this seat.
The candidates who contested the 2019 elections for the Mahbubnagar parliamentary seat are once again in the fray.
Challa Vamsichand Reddy will again contest from Congress, DK Aruna will contest from the BJP; and sitting MP Manna Srinivas Reddy will contest on the ticket of the BRS.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BRS's Manne Srinivas Reddy gathered 4,11,402 votes. DK Aruna stood second with 3,33,573 votes, while Congress candidate Vamshi Chand Reddy gathered 1,93,631 votes.
The Congress candidate said that not just in Telangana, but the entire country is looking forward to voting for the INDIA bloc and bringing the Congress party into power at the centre.
"Today, the people are fed up with the anti-people policies of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government. The youths are upset with the broken promise of two crore jobs per year. The poor and the middle class are burdened with the price rise and increased cost of living. PM Modi has promised to double the income of the farmers but nothing has been done. Every section of the society is upset and they want to remove the BJP government from the Centre," he said.
The BJP candidate, DK Aruna said that her party has not left any opportunity to serve the people.
"BJP is the largest party in the world. BJP has not left any opportunity to serve the people. Likewise, in Corona times, our workers were engaged in serving the public. There is an atmosphere in the entire country to make Narendra Modi PM for the third time. In Telangana also our workers are engaged in the same work. Last time too I had contested elections from here and lost with a low vote margin. Even in Mahabubnagar, workers are working hard everywhere and this time we will win this seat with a huge majority," she said.
The locals in Mahbubnagar constituency have mixed reactions to the government, with some praising the development works led by the PM Modi government while others want them to work for the poor.
"There is more publicity in this government. I want something should be done for the general public also. Whichever party it is; it should work for the poor," Sunil Kumar, a local said.
The Lok Sabha election in the 17 parliamentary constituencies of Telangana will be held on May 13 in a single phase.
In the 2019 general election, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) now BRS won nine seats, BJP managed four, Congress three and AIMIM one seat.