Sources have stated that the Union Ministers Venkaiah Naidu and Nirmala Sitharaman are shifting states for Raya Sabha polls, speculation is rife that BJP may field party general secretary Ram Madhav from Andhra Pradesh and the tenure of Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is also coming to an end and there are indications that his name could also be considered from the state.
Venkaiah, who hails from Andhra Pradesh, was earlier elected from Karnataka. He has shifted to Rajasthan this time though he was expected to move to Andhra Pradesh and Venkaiah has made an unscheduled visit to Hyderabad last evening and spoke to Chandrababu, who was camping in Tirupathi.
Sources have also stated that Venkaiah was said to have informed Chandrababu about the BJP leadership's decision to shift him to Rajasthan and Nirmala to Karnataka and wanted one seat in AP spared for another candidate.
Meanwhile Satyanarayana Chowdary's candidature is almost certain and another seat may go to Hemalatha, a former MLA from Satyavedu in Chandrababu's native Chittoor district, as a woman belonging to Dalit community.
