Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi of the ruling YSR Congress Party (YRSCP) will take on TDP's Sribharat Mathukumilli, who was the runner-up in 2019, losing by a narrow margin.
Jhansi is the wife of state education minister Botcha Satyanarayan, while Sribharat is the grandson of former TDP MP, late MVVS Murthy.
He is the son of TDP MLA and Tollywood actor N. Balakrishna's son-in-law and son of TDP president Chandrababu Naidu, is also the co-brother of TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh. After keeping a low profile for almost a decade, Jhansi is trying to make a political comeback, while Sribharat, in its first match Despite the defeat, this time we are trying our best to win.
With the YSRCP reiterating its commitment to make Visakhapatnam the administrative capital of the state, the electoral battle in the coastal city has become more important this time.YSRCP president and Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy chose the two-time Jhansi MP over sitting MP MVV Satyanarayana. Unfazed by criticism that parties are fielding non-locals in Visakhapatnam, the YSRCP chose the former MP from Bobbili and Fielded from Vizianagaram.
Botcha Satyanarayana, who led the Congress party in united Andhra Pradesh and was also a minister in the cabinet of Jagan Mohan Reddy's father YSR, is a strong leader from north coastal Andhra.
In 2004, Jhansi lost Bobbili, a seat her husband had won in 1999. However, in the by-election held in 2006, she emerged victorious by a slim margin of 157 votes.In 2009, she was elected from Vizianagaram. However, she finished third in 2014, when the Congress suffered a humiliating defeat across the state due to public anger over the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
The couple joined YSRCP in 2015. Botcha Jhansi denied that he was not in Visakhapatnam. She claimed that Visakhapatnam was her maternal home and after marriage she moved to Vizianagaram.During the campaign, she is highlighting the priority being given to the development of Visakhapatnam by the YSRCP government and the decision to make the port city the administrative capital of the state. The proposed privatization of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) is one of the key issues in the election. .
The YSRCP candidate has assured VSP workers that she will put pressure on the Center to withdraw the proposal.
Jhansi, who holds an MA in Philosophy, has also obtained a Doctorate degree in Philosophy. 61 year old Shri Bharat is also highly educated.The 35-year-old president of GITAM (deemed university), an alumnus of Stanford University, also has a Master of Arts in Education and a Master of Business Administration. During the campaign, the TDP leader accused YSRCP leaders of promoting land mafia in the port city. Have been alleging.
TDP president and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu claimed that while the TDP promoted Visakhapatnam as an IT and economic capital, the Jagan Mohan raid turned it into a hub of settlements and land encroachment.
There are 33 candidates in the fray in Visakhapatnam, which has more than 18 lakh voters. However, there is a possibility of a direct contest between YSRCP and TD candidates.D. Purandeshwari, daughter of former Union minister and TDP founder and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NT Rama Rao, had contested the elections as a candidate of the BJP, the party she had joined after leaving the Congress following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014 .
However, she finished fourth with only 33,892 votes. Congress party's P Ramanikumari got only 14,633 votes, which was even less than the NOTA votes. In 2014, BJP's K. Haribabu was elected from Visakhapatnam and it was one of the two Lok Sabha seats won by the BJP, which then contested the election in alliance with the TDP.
He defeated Jagan Mohan Reddy's mother YS Vijayamma.Visakhapatnam had traditionally been a Congress stronghold until 1984, when it was wrested by the TDP. The regional party won it again in 1991 and 1999. The Congress suffered no setback in the 2014 elections due to public anger over partition, with the BJP capturing Visakhapatnam in alliance with the TDP. Of the seven assembly constituencies under Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha, TDP had won four seats and YSRCP had won the remaining three seats.
Jhansi is the wife of state education minister Botcha Satyanarayan, while Sribharat is the grandson of former TDP MP, late MVVS Murthy.
He is the son of TDP MLA and Tollywood actor N. Balakrishna's son-in-law and son of TDP president Chandrababu Naidu, is also the co-brother of TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh. After keeping a low profile for almost a decade, Jhansi is trying to make a political comeback, while Sribharat, in its first match Despite the defeat, this time we are trying our best to win.
With the YSRCP reiterating its commitment to make Visakhapatnam the administrative capital of the state, the electoral battle in the coastal city has become more important this time.YSRCP president and Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy chose the two-time Jhansi MP over sitting MP MVV Satyanarayana. Unfazed by criticism that parties are fielding non-locals in Visakhapatnam, the YSRCP chose the former MP from Bobbili and Fielded from Vizianagaram.
Botcha Satyanarayana, who led the Congress party in united Andhra Pradesh and was also a minister in the cabinet of Jagan Mohan Reddy's father YSR, is a strong leader from north coastal Andhra.
In 2004, Jhansi lost Bobbili, a seat her husband had won in 1999. However, in the by-election held in 2006, she emerged victorious by a slim margin of 157 votes.In 2009, she was elected from Vizianagaram. However, she finished third in 2014, when the Congress suffered a humiliating defeat across the state due to public anger over the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
The couple joined YSRCP in 2015. Botcha Jhansi denied that he was not in Visakhapatnam. She claimed that Visakhapatnam was her maternal home and after marriage she moved to Vizianagaram.During the campaign, she is highlighting the priority being given to the development of Visakhapatnam by the YSRCP government and the decision to make the port city the administrative capital of the state. The proposed privatization of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) is one of the key issues in the election. .
The YSRCP candidate has assured VSP workers that she will put pressure on the Center to withdraw the proposal.
Jhansi, who holds an MA in Philosophy, has also obtained a Doctorate degree in Philosophy. 61 year old Shri Bharat is also highly educated.The 35-year-old president of GITAM (deemed university), an alumnus of Stanford University, also has a Master of Arts in Education and a Master of Business Administration. During the campaign, the TDP leader accused YSRCP leaders of promoting land mafia in the port city. Have been alleging.
TDP president and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu claimed that while the TDP promoted Visakhapatnam as an IT and economic capital, the Jagan Mohan raid turned it into a hub of settlements and land encroachment.
There are 33 candidates in the fray in Visakhapatnam, which has more than 18 lakh voters. However, there is a possibility of a direct contest between YSRCP and TD candidates.D. Purandeshwari, daughter of former Union minister and TDP founder and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NT Rama Rao, had contested the elections as a candidate of the BJP, the party she had joined after leaving the Congress following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014 .
However, she finished fourth with only 33,892 votes. Congress party's P Ramanikumari got only 14,633 votes, which was even less than the NOTA votes. In 2014, BJP's K. Haribabu was elected from Visakhapatnam and it was one of the two Lok Sabha seats won by the BJP, which then contested the election in alliance with the TDP.
He defeated Jagan Mohan Reddy's mother YS Vijayamma.Visakhapatnam had traditionally been a Congress stronghold until 1984, when it was wrested by the TDP. The regional party won it again in 1991 and 1999. The Congress suffered no setback in the 2014 elections due to public anger over partition, with the BJP capturing Visakhapatnam in alliance with the TDP. Of the seven assembly constituencies under Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha, TDP had won four seats and YSRCP had won the remaining three seats.
