It’s a fight between local and nonlocal in Anakapalli LS seat

All eyes are now on Anakapalli Lok Sabha constituency in the district after the BJP fielded Chintakunta Munuswamy Ramesh, popularly known as C.M. Ramesh, as the candidate and Deputy Chief Minister Budi Mutyala Naidu was nominated by YSRCP.

People say it is a political battle between local (Muthyala Naidu) and nonlocal (Ramesh).

Mr. Muthyala Naidu’s native is Devarapalli in Anakapalli district, while Ramesh hails from Kadapa district and settled in Hyderabad.However, both are from Velama community (which is a BCD category in North Coastal Andhra Pradesh). Ramesh is the founderchairman of Rit

TDP-BJP-JSP alliance candidate from Anakapalli Lok Sabha seat C.M. Ramesh

wik Projects Pvt. Ltd., an infrastructure development company established in 1999, and its turnover increased to over ₹1,000 crore in a span of 14 years.

Mr. Ramesh’s family already visited the district and started meeting the TDP and the JSP cadre to make him a familiar candidate for people of the segment.

An internal meeting was also held between them in

Anakapalli on Wednesday to decide on holding the first meeting of Mr. Ramesh.

Mr. Ramesh’s brother C.M. Rajesh and son Rithwik, have already met the cadre seeking their support. TDP’s Ch. Ayyanna Patradu, Dadi Veerabhadra Rao and other key leaders met the Ramesh’s family, which is guided by the BJP’s State secretary Kethineni Surendra Mohan.

Speaking to The Hindu on Wednesday, Mr. Surendra Mohan said, “Mr. Ramesh is coming to Anakapalli on March 29 to hold a meeting with workers and a public meeting of the three alliance parties. The venue was finalised on Wednesday evening. It is a private ground, opposite to JL School on the AnakapalliAchyuthapuram road.”