BJP candidate les nomination in Vizag North Assembly seat

Vishnu Kumar Raju expresses condence that he will win with a majority of over 50,000 votes and vows to develop the constituency

Union Defence Minister Rajnath singh

Visakhapatnam North Assembly Constituency candidate P. Vishnu Kumar Raju from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday ‘led his nomination papers with fanfare. His nomination rally was organised in a very unique and traditional manner.

Right from the MLA candidate, his supporters, cadre from the BJP, TDP and the JSP wore a ‘dhoti’ marking traditional attire and a ‘sa–ron turban’, walked from the former MLA’s o—ce to the MRO of‘ce at Seethammadhara. The supporters also included a number of women and elderly persons who danced to the tunes of ‘dhol’, carrying JSP, TDP and the BJP ˜ags. Traditional folk arts like ‘Kolatam’ was performed by women supporters throughout the rally. A number of supporters followed him on bikes and auto-rickshaws. Earlier, the

MLA candidate along with his family members offered prayers to a cow.

Mr. Vishnu Kumar Raju was accompanied by Visakhapatnam TDP Lok Sabha candidate M. Sribharat, Rajya Sabha member G.V.L. Narasimha Rao, JSP leader Ushakiran and a few others. At various points, people from several apartments and locals have o–ered ‘harathi’ and showered ˜owers on him.

Later during a press conference, Mr. Vishnu Kumar

Raju expressed con‘dence that he would win with a majority of over 50,000 votes. He alleged that to create trouble to the people who wanted to attend his nomination programme, the YSRCP candidate K.K. Raju prevented auto-rickshaw drivers in the constituency from participating in the rally till afternoon. He said that though he was o–ered an opportunity to contest as an MP, he had decided to contest as an MLA.

V. RAJU Women supporters of the BJP giving ‘harathi’ to BJP MLA candidate P. Vishnu Kumar Raju during a rally taken out before filing his nomination papers in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.