The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) is doing everything possible to win the by-election to the Atmakur Assembly constituency, slated for June 23. The ruling party appears to on a good wicket in the Assembly seat, which is considered a pocket borough of the Mekapati family.
Braving the scorching heat, YSRCP nominee Mekapati Vikram Reddy, brother of former Information Technology Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy whose death necessitated the bypoll, canvassed door-to-door in Atmakur on Sunday. He highlighted the welfare schemes introduced by the ruling party including ‘Navaratnalu’. He promised that he would focus on completing the pending development projects.