Hyderabad, March 2 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its first list of 195 candidates, including nine from Telangana for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy will contest from Secunderabad constituency, while BJP National General Secretary Bandi Sanjay Kumar will contest from Karimnagar.

With this, the party has replaced nine candidates on its first list, which include Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Zaheerabad, Secunderabad, Chevella, Hyderabad, Bhongir, Malkajigiri, and Nagar Kurnool Lok Sabha constituencies.

Out of 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state, the saffron party announced nine candidates, who are mentioned below.

Karimnagar - Bandi Sanjay Kumar

Nizamabad - Arvind Dharmapuri

Zaheerabad ...