The Returning Officer of Kadapa and Pulivendula constituencies on Wednesday stated that two nominations have been filed for Kadapa parliamentary seat and one nomination for Pulivendula Assembly constituency on Wednesday.
The Returning Officer stated that two nominations filed for parliamentary seat are of Jaganmohan Reddy Chintha and Vittal Subba Rao. The candidates filed their nominations as independents. One set of nomination was filed in the name of PG Vijaya Lakshmi for the Pulivendula Assembly segment. She filed her nomination as independent.
Former Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy supporters have already alleged that the ruling Congress party is resorting to ‘cheap gimmicks’ of confusing voters and thus ensure that the YSR family members get as least votes as possible. They stated the Congress party resorted to this type of gimmicks even in the recent Legislative Council elections also. However, the YSR Congress party candidates won in the elections.
The last date for filing of nominations is April 18. Scrutiny of nominations will be held on April 19 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is April 21.