Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y.S. Sharmila symbolically sent “Amaravati soil” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to fulfill the promises made during the 2015 foundation-laying ceremony for Amaravati, the proposed capital of Andhra Pradesh.
The Congress on Tuesday released a new list of 17 candidates from Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. With this, the total number of candidates declared by the party so far is 228.