The internal bickering in YSRCP came to the fore when the sitting MLA from Nagari, R.K. Roja, submitted her nomination papers at Nagari on Friday. Ms. Roja submitted her papers accompanied by her husband Selvamani, son Kowshik, and brothers Kumaraswamy Reddy and Ramprasad Reddy and YSRCP MLA Byreddy Siddharth Reddy .
However, the absence of former Municipal Chairman K.L. Shanti and her husband K.J. Kumar, Srisailam Trust Board chairman Reddyvari Chakrapani Reddy and Lakshmipati Raju of Vijayapuram, Puttur municipal member Elumalai, and their supporters, who vehemently opposed her candidature, was conspicuously felt.
While the absence of dissent leaders turned into a hot topic of discussion among the local voters, the presence of MPPs and ZPTCs of all the four mandals that fall under the limits of the constituency and the presence of Byreddy Siddharth Reddy of Nandikotkur brought a kind of solace to the party wrought with internal wrangles.
