Jana Sena Party (JSP) president Pawan Kalyan announced Chennuboina Srinivasa Rao (Vamsi Krishna Yadav) as the candidate for Visakhapatnam South Assembly constituency on Sunday.
Mr. Srinivasa Rao was YSR Congress Party MLC (local authorities constituency) from Visakhapatnam. He joined JSP in late December 2023, after which he was disqualified (as MLC) for indulging in anti-party activities.
Mr. Kalyan and Mr. Srinivasa Rao had a long association since 2009 when the latter was an upcoming leader in Yuva Rajyam, the youth wing of the erstwhile Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) that was founded by the JSP chief’s elder brother and actor K. Chiranjeevi.