Purandeswari invokes NTR’s name, files papers

BJP leader Daggubati Purandeswari filed her nomination for Rajampet Parliamentary constituency here on Saturday. Accompanied by her spouse Daggubati Venkateswar Rao, brothers Jayasankar Krishna, Jayakrishna and BJP senior leader M Venkaiah Naidu, she submitted her papers to returning officer and Joint Collector Ch. Sridhar. Speaking to the media later, she said her parents enjoyed the love and affection of the people of Rayalaseema and hoped that they would extend the same support to her too.

She said that she worked for the people and the development of the area she represented in Parliament. The party chose her to contest for Parliament from Rajampet in the backward Rayalaseema to strengthen the party and for the betterment of the region, she said. Earlier, she, along with her family members, visited Kanipakam and performed special puja at Sri Varasidhi Vinayaka temple. After filing her papers, she garlanded the statue of her father and TDP founder NT Rama Rao and attended the press conference addressed by Venkaiah Naidu at the TDP office.