In its third and latest list, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leadership has swapped the positions of Tirupati Member of Parliament M. Gurumoorthy and Satyavedu MLA Koneti Adimoolam for the forthcoming elections and it is being viewed as a “bold gamble” in the political circles.
The Tirupati Lok Sabha seat and Satyavedu Assembly constituency are reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and the swapping was easier as far as the caste equation is concerned. Interestingly, Dr. Gurumoorthy is the second YSRCP MP to be relegated to an Assembly constituency under the Tirupati Lok Sabha seat he is representing now. Former MP and retired bureaucrat V. Varaprasada Rao had to meet the same fate when the YSRCP ticked his name for Gudur Assembly (SC) constituency in the run-up to the elections in 20219.