Pulivendula elections: TDP aims to break YSRCP’s long-standing family-led dominance

TDP Pulivendula municipal Chairperson candidate Thugutla Geetha Kumari is seen canvassing along with Pulivendula ZPTC member Mareddy Latha Reddy. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) is leaving no stone unturned to maintain its supremacy in Pulivendula municipality in the upcoming elections, while the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is bent on wresting it this time.

Pulivendula, the ancestral village of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has remained the family’s fortress for more than forty years.

It was in the year 1978 that a member of the YSR family first contested as a ward member in Pulivendula. Since then, the Y.S. family has continued to hold sway over the local bodies and never let go of its supremacy.

In the process, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, and Y.S. Vijayamma. Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and Y.S. Avinash Reddy became MLAs, Members of Parliament and even the Chief Minister.

Family holds sway