Varaprasad Rao quit the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led party to join the BJP in New Delhi after he was denied a ticket to contest the assembly election.Rao (70) won on a YSRCP ticket from Gudur constituency in 2019.Reddy chose Meriga Muralidhar to contest from Gudur, an SC-reserved constituency, in the 2024 polls.In 2014, Rao, a former IAS officer, won the Tirupati Lok Sabha seat.For the upcoming polls, YSRCP supremo has reshuffled candidates in 81 assembly and 18 Lok Sabha constituencies.Elections for the Legislative Assembly comprising 175 seats and 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh are scheduled on May 13 and the results will be declared on June 4.
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