Political scene hots up in Ongole
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Rebels gave sleepless nights for official candidates of various political events, particularly the ruling YSR Congress Party, on the penultimate day for withdrawal of nominations for the March 10 elections to the Ongole Municipal Corporation.
Only 11 candidates withdrew their nominations on Tuesday leaving 464 candidates in the fray for the 50 divisions in State Energy Minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy’s house Assembly constituency of Ongole.
Rebel bother was extra for the YSRCP, which had an edge over different events in the elections to the city native physique shaped in the yr 1876, as solely 7 of YSRCP candidates withdrew their nominations.
Heightened suspense prevailed because the Minister and his son B. Praneeth Reddy burnt midnight oil to persuade the rebels to withdraw from contest by Wednesday, the dateline for withdrawal of nominations, by promising to accommodate them suitably later.
“Everything will fall in line in time,” stated YSRCP metropolis unit president S.Venkat Rao.
Mayoral candidate
Suspense over the YSRCP Mayoral candidate ended as Dara Padma, daughter of former MLA Dara Sambaiah didn’t enter the fray, bettering the possibilities of the get together ladies’s wing chief Gangada Sujatha for the coveted put up.
A candidate every belonging to the Telugu Desam Party and the Jana Sena Party withdrew their nominations on Tuesday.
Former TDP MLA Damarcharla Janardhan camped in town overseeing the campaigning by get together candidates. Mr. Janardhan, together with get together Ongole Lok Sabha unit in-charge N.Balaji left no stone unturned to enhance the fortunes of the get together nominees by highlighting the event initiatives when the TDP was in energy. The metropolis had witnessed no improvement through the YSRCP rule, contended Mr. Balaji whereas canvassing for votes for the get together nominees.
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