Ganti Harish Madhur (33), the Telugu Desam Party’s (TDP) candidate for the Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency, has big shoes to fill.
His father, the late G.M.C. Balayogi, who died aged 50 in a helicopter accident in 2002, was the youngest Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the first Dalit to hold the post. He was admired for his cool, calm demeanour during heated debates in Parliament, and was held in high regard in his constituency of Amalapuram in East Godavari district.
Now, Mr. Harish is in the fray from the same constituency that elected his father twice to the Lok Sabha. He is hopeful that his second outing at the hustings will prove to be fruitful, after losing narrowly to the YSRCP in 2019.
