Jana Sena Party names Lingamaneni Ramesh as its Rajya Sabha candidate
Amaravati, June 6
Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan announced Lingamaneni Ramesh's candidature for the Rajya Sabha seat from Andhra Pradesh on Friday.
Lingamaneni Ramesh will file his nomination papers as a Rajya Sabha candidate on Saturday.
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.
Meanwhile, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday finalised the seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, with the TDP set to contest three seats while the Jana Sena Party will contest on one seat.NDA leaders outlined a series of statewide outreach programmes aimed at highlighting governance and development initiatives. They announced major public meetings in Tirupati on June 9, Amaravati on June 12, and Visakhapatnam on June 15. The Tirupati meet will focus on welfare, Amaravati on good governance, and Visakhapatnam on development, with district-level programmes scheduled between June 13 and June 20.
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
Pawan Kalyan is building a strong team for sure. But I hope they focus more on actual governance rather than just public meetings. Those roadshows in Tirupati, Amaravati, and Vizag sound good, but we need concrete results on ground. Let's see how this new NDA seat-sharing works out for AP.
Good to see Jana Sena getting representation in Rajya Sabha. Lingamaneni Ramesh stuck with the party even after 2019 defeat when others left. That shows character. But I'm cautiously optimistic - will he really push for AP's development or just follow party lines? Time will tell.
Another political appointment... I wish they'd focus on public issues like unemployment and inflation instead of filling Rajya Sabha seats. But well, that's how our system works. Hope Ramesh at least uses his position to push for better infrastructure in rural areas of AP.
As someone who follows Indian politics from abroad, this is interesting. Pawan Kalyan's party is growing slowly but steadily. The mention of "social engineering" is key - that's what AP needs given its diverse population. But I'm skeptical about how much change one Rajya Sabha member can bring.
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