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AP: Filing of nominations for ULB elections ends, 7,825 nominations filed on 2nd day

Vijayawada, Oct 18 (UNI) Jana Sena candidate Vangaveeti Radha Krishna, retired IPS officer AB Venkateswara Rao, Dr. Mukka Shrevani, TDP candidate Kovelamudi Lakshmi Aparna and BJP candidate Ajesh Babu were some of prominent people who filed their nominations for the Urban Local Body (ULB) elections, the deadline for which endedt 3 pm today.
A record number of 7,825 candidates filed their nominations on the second day on Saturday.
Jana Sena candidate Vangaveeti Radha Krishna filed his nomination while retired IPS officer AB Venkateswara Rao filed his nomination as an Independent candidate for Vijayawada Mayor post today.
Radha Krishna went to the nomination centre in a huge procession, accompanied by Telugu Desam party leaders Gadde Anuradha and Budda Venkanna and filed his nomination. Radha Krishna was elected to the Legislative Assembly from the Vijayawada East constituency on a Congress ticket in 2004 elections.
Retired ADGP Venkateswra Rao, accompanied by CPM State Secretary V Srinivasa Rao and APCC vice president Kolanukonda Shivaji, also reached the nomination centre in a rally and filed his nomination.
Later, talking to the media, Radha Krishna said that he is contesting for the VMC mayor post as Jana Sena candidate with the support of Telugu Desam and BJP. He said that he would strive for the development of Vijayawada city.
In Visakhapatnam, Dr. Mukka Shrevani filed his nomination as JSP candidate, TDP state president Palla Srinivasa Rao, MP Sribharat, MLA V Ramakrishna Babu accompanied her.
In Guntur, TDP candidate Kovelamudi Lakshmi Aparna filed her nomination for the Guntur municipal corporation's Mayor post. She was accompanied by union Minister Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, MLAs Tenali Srevan Kumar, Mohammad Nazeer Ahmand and B Ramanajaneyulu.
BJP candidate Ajesh Babu filed his nomination for the Mayor post in Anantapur and he was accompanied by Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav, MP Ambika Lakshminarayana and MLA Daggupati Prasad.
The officials allowed candidates into the office premises till 3 pm and closed gates. The officials said the candidates who were inside the premises till 3 pm would be allowed to file their nominations. Election officials said that at the end of second day on Saturday, 7,825 nominations had been filed, of which 69 nominations were for mayor posts, 231 for chairpersons of Nagara Panchayats and municipalities, 2,391 nominations for corporator posts and 5,134 for municipal councillor posts.
Barring a few incidents of violence at Rayachoti, Punganur and Darshi, the nomination filing process concluded peacefully, police said.
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