Jagan Finalizes Rajya Sabha Seats

With the local body elections coming near in Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy seems to have finalized his list of candidates to be sent to Rajya Sabha.

Sources say that ticket to one of the seats to the Rajya Sabha has been been given to Reliance Vice President Parimal Natwani, while the other three tickets being distributed to YRSCP members only.

Parimal Nathwani is the Leading industrialist from the Reliance group of industries and thanked CM YS Jagan for renominating him to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. A two-time Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, Parimal Nathwani is due to retire from the upper house of Parliament from Jharkhand on April 9.

Jagan also named industrialist Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy and two ministers in his cabinet, Pilli Subhaschandra Bose and Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, as its candidates for the March 26 polls.

Nathwani tweeted, “I sincerely thank Hon’ble CM Shri @ysjagan and his party @YSRCParty for considering me as their Rajya Sabha candidate from Andhra Pradesh. I am committed to serving the people of #AndhraPradesh,”.