Jana Sena Names Vangaveeti Radhakrishna as Vijayawada Mayor Candidate
Radhkrishna entered electoral politics with Congress and won the Vijayawada East Assembly seat in 2004
Hyderabad: Jana Sena declared former MLA Vangaveeti Radhakrishna as Vijayawada mayor candidate.
The party released the list of those contesting the Mayor and Municipal Chairperson post, during local bodies’ elections in Andhra Pradesh.
Former Vijayawada East MLA V Radhakrishna joined the Jana Sena recently. Radhkrishna, son of late Kapu leader Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, entered electoral politics with Congress and won the Vijayawada East Assembly seat in 2004. He joined the Praja Rajyam Party in 2008 but lost the 2009 elections.
He moved to the YSR Congress before the 2014 polls and contested unsuccessfully. He later served as the YSRC’s Vijayawada city president in 2015. After being denied the Vijayawada East ticket in 2019, he distanced himself from the YSRC and joined the Telugu Desam.