On Thursday, seven candidates from the YSR Congress Party submitted their nomination for an equal number of MLC seats under the MLA quota in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, which will become vacant by the end of March. The seven candidates from the ruling party are Jayamangala Venkataramana, Marri Rajasekhar, C H Yesuratnam, Bommi Israel, Kola Guruvulu, Pothula Sunita, and Penmetsa Varaha Venkata Suryanarayana Raju. They submitted their nomination to returning officer P V Subba Reddy in the Assembly Bhavan located at Velagapudi, with the support of Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, advisor (political) to the State government, Irrigation Minister Ambati Rambabu, and other representatives from the ruling party. Before filing their nomination, the candidates met with YSRCP founder and Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, who personally handed them the B Forms. The notification for the MLC polls was issued on Monday.
