JSP’s Vangaveeti Radhakrishna, YSRCP’s Rayana Bhagya Lakshmi to lock horns for Vijayawada Mayor post

Vangaveeti Radhakrishna with Jana Sena Party president K. Pawan Kalyan after he switched loyalty from the TDP a few days ago. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Jana Sena Party (JSP) and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) announced fresh lists of their candidates for the Mayor posts on Saturday (October 17, 2026), a day before the deadline for filing nominations for the local body polls.The JSP fielded Vangaveeti Radhakrishna as the mayoral candidate in Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC). It was just two days ago that Mr. Radhakrishna switched his loyalty to the JSP from the TDP, which he joined in early 2019. The TDP released a list of eight candidates for the Mayor posts in the last two days, including Mukka Sravani, a physiotherapist by profession and daughter of party loyalist M. Mutyala Naidu, for Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC); Katari Hemalatha (Chittoor), Nellaturi Suvarna (Kadapa), Vijaya Pratyusha (Kurnool), Polaboina Roop Kumar (Nellore), Mennam Srinivas Prasad (Tirupati), Avanapu Bhargavi (Vizianagaram) and Sheik Abdul Abeeda (Machilipatnam). Besides, the TDP announced candidates for 29 municipalities and nagar panchayats on October 16 and 21 more on October 17. The JSP fielded Srireddy Appala Naidu for the Eluru Municipal Corporation and announced candidates for 12 municipalities. R. Bhagyalakshmi, the YSRCP candidate for Mayor post in Vijayawada. | Photo Credit: File Photo The YSRCP fielded Rayana Bhagya Lakshmi and Alivelu Padma Sridevi for Mayor posts in Vijayawada and Guntur. The YSRCP’s other mayoral candidates are Y. Vasudeva Yadav (Tirupati), U. Suseela (Kurnool), Chitlur Ramesh Goud (Anantapur) and R. Chandrasekhar (Chittoor). The party announced candidates for 10 municipalities and seven nagar panchayats on October 16. Published - October 18, 2026 01:38 pm IST