Students, intellectuals and retired employees led by academic and writer Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd are rallying behind Karne Shireesha, the Independent candidate who filed her nomination from the Kollapur Assembly constituency in Nagarkurnool district.
About 70-80 people, together with Mr. Ilaiah, left for Kollapur from the Arts College building of Osmania University on Saturday, in a rally of 15 vehicles tied with banners, in order to campaign for Ms. Shireesha.
Widely popular by the name ‘Barrelakka’ after a selfie video she had shot about unemployment issue in the State, Ms. Shireesha is contesting against powerful candidates such as Jupally Krishna Rao from Congress and B. Harshavardhan Reddy from Bharat Rashtra Samithi.