Andhra Pradesh polls: Vijayamma appeals to supporters to vote for daughter Sharmila

AMARAVATI: YS Vijayamma, wife of the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, on Saturday appealed to the Kadapa LS constituency people to vote for her daughter and Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Sharmila.

Sharmila is pitted against Avinash Reddy, the incumbent MP and YSRCP candidate from the Kadapa constituency, and also an accused in the unresolved Vivekananda Reddy murder case.

Vivekananda Reddy was a former Kadapa MP and the younger brother of former Andhra CM Rajasekhar Reddy. He was murdered on March 15, 2019 in the run-up to the LS polls.

Vijayamma, in a video message, urged the supporters of YSR to vote for her daughter Sharmila, who is campaigning against her son and YSRCP supremo and Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy.

“I am your Vijayamma and I am appealing to all the people who love Y S Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), his fans and all the Kadapa LS constituency people to bless her (Sharmila) and send her to the Parliament,” said Vijayamma in the video message shared by the Congress party.

Reminding of the love and affection showered on YSR, Vijayamma asked for similar support to Sharmila in the forthcoming elections.

Sharmila has come before the electorate seeking support like her late father, Rajamma said, and appealed to supporters to give her daughter an opportunity to serve them like YSR.

The Communist Party of India (CPI), Congress and CPM are INDIA bloc partners in Andhra Pradesh.

Elections for the 175-member Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh are scheduled on May 13.

Sharmila is pitted against YSRCP’s Avinash Reddy, an accused in Vivekananda Reddy murder case