Former IPS officer AB Venkateswara Rao has filed his nomination for the Vijayawada Mayor’s post as an independent candidate with the support of Left parties, Congress and civil society leaders.
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Bharath (Dg) News – Amaravati – Oct 19
Many leaders have called on the Congress, CPM, CPI, other left-wing forces, public organizations, independent individuals, intellectuals, urban leaders, workers, and hardworking people in the Indian platform to unite and make senior IPS officer AB Venkateswara Rao win as the Mayor of Vijayawada with a huge majority.
On the occasion of his nomination, AB Venkateswara Rao submitted his nomination papers as an independent mayoral candidate along with leaders, activists, and city people.
Speaking at the media point after the nomination, former minister and state convener of the Farmers’ Union Vadde Shobhanadriswara Rao said that retired IPS officer AB Venkateswara Rao has performed his duties flawlessly in his service. He said that they had discussed and requested that he be nominated as the mayoral candidate keeping in mind the development of the city.
CPM state secretary V. Srinivasa Rao said that it is a historic moment for the city citizens to nominate AB Venkateswara Rao as an independent mayoral candidate. He said that Vijayawada city has been neglected for 12 years after the state division and the city people are waiting for an alternative with great dissatisfaction.
Mayoral candidate Venkateswara Rao said that all the people should come forward to repair Vijayawada, which has been damaged by corruption and inefficiency. He said that Vijayawada should be made an example for the country in terms of how local self-government should be and how the municipal corporation should function.
He expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the CPM, CPI, Congress leaderships, public organizations, farmer leader Vadde Shobhanadriswar Rao, former mayor Jandhyala Shankar, village leader M.C. Das and others who supported his independent candidacy. Members of the CPM state secretariat and others participated in this program.
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