Senior legislator from the Vizianagaram Assembly constituency Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy was elected as Deputy Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Soon after his unanimous election, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, accompanied by Cabinet Ministers and former Deputy Speaker Kona Raghupathi and TDP floor leader K. Atchannaidu congratulated him and led him to the podium and the Speaker’s chair.
Lauding the qualities of Mr. Swamy, who has been a party loyalist since its inception, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulated Mr. Swamy and said that his government was committed to the concept of social justice system.