YSRCP s Pothula Suneetha elected MLC sans contest
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Thu, Jan 21 2021 22:27 IST |
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Amaravati, Jan 21 : Andhra Pradesh s ruling YSRCP candidate Pothula Suneetha was elected, without any contest, to the Legislative Council on Thursday to fill up a casual vacancy. The returning officer and Deputy Secretary to the state legislature has declared Pothula Suneetha, YSRCP as duly elected uncontested, said a statement from the chief electoral officer s office.
No other party had contested the bypoll, which was necessitated as Suneetha, then a Telugu Desam Party member of the upper house, had resigned on November 1, in protest over her party s activities harming development in the state and joined the ruling party.
Fishermen pelt stones at Mopidevi’s convoy at Vodarevu area DECCAN CHRONICLE.
Updated Dec 15, 2020, 12:27 am IST
Venkataramana came to the area to sort out the ongoing tussle between fisher folk of Katarivaripalem and Vodarevu over use of fishing nets
Police had a tough time controlling the fishermen, who initially started raising slogans against the MP but later hurled stones at his car. DC Image
NELLORE: Tension prevailed and police pickets have been placed in Vodarevu area of Prakasam district after some fishermen pelted stones at the convoy of Rajya Sabha member Mopidevi Venkataramana on Monday.
Agricultural market committee director Kanaparthi Bajjibabu and YSR Congress leader Kagitala Satish, following the MP in a vehicle of the convoy, were injured.