Vijayawada, June 2 (Reporter) Two former chief ministers, including Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu, and two former Union Ministers, including BJP state chief Daggubati Purandeswari, are testing their luck in the election in Andhra Pradesh. Chandrababu Naidu, who was chief minister for 14 years and Leader of the Opposition for 15 years contested from Kuppam Assembly constituency in the 2024 election. He has won seven times since 1989 in succession to the Assembly from the same constituency in Chittoor district. However, in 2024 Naidu faced tough competition from the YSRCP candidate KRJ Bharat. Another former Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy who contested the Lok Sabha poll as a BJP nominee from Rajampet constituency, was the Congress CM for undivided Andhra state from 2010 to 2014. However, he quit the party after bifurcation of combined Andhra against his wishes and joined the BJP. He contested from Rajampet to LS which is bastion for the YSRCP facing a strong competition from YSRCP candidate PV Mithun Reddy, who is close relative of Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Another prominent leader, former MoS Education D Purandeswari has contested from Rajahmundry constituency. Interestingly, Purandeswari is the daughter of Telugu Desam Party founder and former Chief Minister NT Rama Rao. She is also sister-in-law of N Chandrababu Naidu. Purandeswari joined the Congress in 2004, was elected to Lok Sabha from Visakhapatnam constituency. She was again elected to LS from the same constituency and was inducted into the Union Cabinet by then PM Manmohan Singh. However, she quit the Congress opposing the bifurcation of the combined AP state and joined the BJP. Another former Union Minister Y Sujana Chowdary was the TDP leader but he quit the party when it exited from the NDA in 2017 and later joined the BJP. Sujana Chowdary contested to the Assembly from Vijayawada (West) constituency. He was the Union Minister of State Science for three years in the Narendra Modi Cabinet. Actor-turned-politician and Jana Sena chief K Pawan Kalyan contested the Assembly poll from Pithapuram constituency and faced a tough competition from YSRCP candidate and Kakinada MP Vanga Geeta. Noted industrialist and political novice P Chandrasekhar has contested to LS from Guntur constituency, retired IPS officer T Krishna Prasad has contested from Bapatla constituency and another industrialist Magunta Srinivasa Reddy has contested to LS from Ongole constituency from on TDP tickets. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has contested to the Assembly from his foresters Pulivendula constituency. Meanwhile, the stage is set to begin counting of votes across the state on June 4. The election officials prohibited taking out victory rallies and bursting crackers in the wake of post poll violence incidents in three districts...////...