Andhra: Lingamaneni Ramesh files nomination for Rajya Sabha elections as JSP candidate
Amaravati, June 6
Lingamaneni Ramesh filed his nomination papers as a Rajya Sabha candidate of Jana Sena Party on Saturday.
Speaking with the media after filing the nomination papers, he expressed gratitude towards the party president and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, CM Chandrababu Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"I am grateful to the Jana Sena Party and its president, Honorable Deputy Chief Minister Shri Pawan Kalyan Garu, for giving me this opportunity. Similarly, I express my special thanks to the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Garu and the Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu Garu. We have just submitted the nomination papers," he said, adding that he will be informing further later.
This comes after Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan announced Lingamaneni Ramesh's candidature for the Rajya Sabha (RS) seat from Andhra Pradesh on Friday.
Lingamaneni Ramesh has been associated with the Jana Sena Party and Pawan Kalyan since 2015. He has stood by the party leadership, inspired by Pawan Kalyan's vision that the state's development requires harmony among all sections of society and the implementation of appropriate social engineering to achieve that goal, a party release said.
Ramesh has stood firmly with Jana Sena through various political setbacks, including the adverse electoral outcome of the 2019 assembly elections.
Earlier, the Election Commission issued a notification for biennial elections to 24 Rajya Sabha seats from ten states.
This includes four seats each in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three seats each in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, two seats in Jharkhand, and one seat each in Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya. The filing of nominations has begun, and the last date is June 8.
Notification was also issued for the Rajya Sabha bypoll for a seat each in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Odisha.
— ANI
Reader Comments
Hope this person brings some meaningful contributions to the Upper House. We need leaders who focus on development and social harmony, not just party politics. Let's see if he lives up to Pawan Kalyan's vision.
Another Rajya Sabha seat for the alliance. Good coordination between NDA parties in Andhra. But I hope the focus remains on actual issues like employment and irrigation in the state. Politics of nominations often distracts from real work.
Congratulations to Lingamaneni Ramesh! It's inspiring to see someone who stood by the party during the tough 2019 defeat being rewarded. Loyalty and perseverance matter in politics. 🙏
Yet another politician getting a ticket. I hope he uses this opportunity to raise issues that matter to common people like farmers and youth. Otherwise, these nominations become just another political game. Let's see.
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