YSR Congress Party president Jaganmohan Reddy and honorary president YS Vijayalakshmi, and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu were among the prominent candidates whose nominations were filed in Seemandhra region for the Assembly and lok Sabha elections.
As only two days were left for filing the nominations, the process was picking up the pace.While Vijayalakshmi on Thursday filed the nomination papers from Visakhapatanam lok Sabha constituency, son Jaganmohan filed his nomination from Pulivendula Assembly constituency. It is first time that Jagan will be contesting Assembly elections.
Nomination papers of TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu were filed by his son Nara lokesh in Kuppam Assembly constituency in Chittoor district. As Naidu was busy in road shows in Vijayanagaram district on Thursday, lokesh accompanied by a large number of party leaders and workers filed the nomination.
After performing Puja in a local temple, lokesh left in a huge procession to file the nomination. During the two and a half hour long procession, he garlanded the statues of NTR Dr BR Ambedkar and Potti Sriramulu.“For the development of Kuppam and entire Seemandhra, the TDP must come to power,” he said urging the people to elect his father with the biggest majority in the State.
Jaganmohan Reddy also reached the office of Returning Officer in a huge procession in Pulivendula. His uncle YS Vivekananda Reddy and other senior party leaders were also present with him.Jagan had made his political debut in 2009 by winning Kadapa lok Sabha seat with a margin of 1.75 lakh votes. After he quit the Congress, he was again elected from Kadapa lok Sabha seat in a by-election in 2011 with a margin of 5.45 lakh votes.
Vijyalakshmi, who was accompanied by her daughter Sharmila at the time of nomination, told a mammoth rally in Visakhapatanam that after getting elected to the parliament, she will be with the people of the constituency.“My son Jagan is striving for the welfare of the people. He will fill the void caused by the death of Mahaneta (YS Rajasekhar Reddy),” she said urging the people to vote for YSRCP.
In Narsapuram lok Sabha constituency, the BJP suffered a setback when its leader K Raghuram Krishnam Raju entered the fray as a rebel against the official candidate Gokaraju Ganaga Raju, who also filed the nomination on Thursday. Interestingly Krishnam Raju filed the nomination both on behalf of the BJP as well as the TDP.His wife Rama Devi also filed nomination as the candidate of two parties.Krishnam Raju was unhappy with the BJP for preferring his rival.