<p>The Telugu Desam Party on Monday named former union minister of state Panabaka Lakshmi as its candidate for the by-election to the Tirupati (SC) Lok Sabha constituency.</p>.<p>TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu announced his choice during a videoconference with party leaders of the constituency.</p>.<p>He appealed to them to work for the victory of Lakshmi, who joined the TDP from Congress last year.</p>.<p>The bypoll has been necessitated in Tirupati due to the death of sitting YSR Congress MP B Durga Prasad, in September, of Covid-19.</p>.<p>Though the schedule for the poll has not been announced yet, the TDP named its candidate.</p>.<p>The ruling party is expected to field the kin of the late MP and a formal announcement is expected in a few days.</p>.<p>The BJP is also jumping into the fray, seeking to reclaim Tirupati which it once represented in Parliament. The Jana Sena of actor Pawan Kalyan will support the BJP.</p>
<p>The Telugu Desam Party on Monday named former union minister of state Panabaka Lakshmi as its candidate for the by-election to the Tirupati (SC) Lok Sabha constituency.</p>.<p>TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu announced his choice during a videoconference with party leaders of the constituency.</p>.<p>He appealed to them to work for the victory of Lakshmi, who joined the TDP from Congress last year.</p>.<p>The bypoll has been necessitated in Tirupati due to the death of sitting YSR Congress MP B Durga Prasad, in September, of Covid-19.</p>.<p>Though the schedule for the poll has not been announced yet, the TDP named its candidate.</p>.<p>The ruling party is expected to field the kin of the late MP and a formal announcement is expected in a few days.</p>.<p>The BJP is also jumping into the fray, seeking to reclaim Tirupati which it once represented in Parliament. The Jana Sena of actor Pawan Kalyan will support the BJP.</p>