Vizianagaram: Suresh Babu files papers as MLC
Penmatsa Surayanarayana Raju (Suresh Babu) receiving B Form from YSRCP president and Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy before filing his nomination as MLC on Thursday
Vizianagaram: P V V Suryanarayana Raju, son of late Penmatsa Sambasivaraju, filed papers as member of Legislative Council at Amaravati on Thursday.
Before that Raju, popularly known as Suresh Babu, met Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy and received the papers concerned and blessings.
The seat became vacant after Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao was made Rajya Sabha member.
The Chief Minister nominated Suresh Babu for the seat under MLAs quota. He would be in the Council till end of March 2023. His father Sambasivaraju, who died recently, was 8-time MLA and had been in in YSRCP right from the launch of the party but could not got any post in the government.
Suresh Babu filed his nomination papers in the presence of senior minister Botcha Satyanarayana and district coordinator Chinna Srinu and others.