While the YSR Congress Party has claimed to have ensured social justice by reaching out to downtrodden sections, the list of candidates released by the YSR Congress Party president and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy gave a lion’s share of seats to the Reddy community, more so in the eastern Rayalaseema region.
Barring the three contiguous SC reserved seats viz., Satyavedu, Sullurpeta and Gudur in Tirupati district, all the other four went into the kitty of Reddy community, such as Chevireddy Mohith Reddy (Chandragiri), Bhumana Abhinay Reddy (Tirupati), Biyyapu Madhusudhan Reddy (Srikalahasti) and R.K. Roja (Nagari). The Tirupati Lok Sabha seat reserved to SC community was re-allotted to Maddila Gurumoorthy, who had won the by-election held in 2021.
