Mylavaram MLA from NTR district, Vasantha Venkata Krishna Prasad, is now stripped off his constituency incharge post. He is one of the sitting MLAs to be dropped by the ruling YSR Congress for the coming 2024 general elections to the State Assembly.
Party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is understood to have selected ZPTC member Swarnala Tirupathi Rao as the constituency incharge. He is likely to be the candidate for the coming general election. Tirupathi Rao comes from the Yadava community and has a good name in the constituency.
With Tirupathi Rao’s selection as the constituency incharge, Vasantha Krishna Prasad is now jobless. He expected this situation a couple of days ago and spoke at the public meeting, leaving his future to the destiny. He said that the YSR Congress leaders were running from pillar to post to get the bills cleared by the government. Even the contractors were making a beeline at the Secretariat, he said.
The first time MLA, Krishna Prasad, is likely to go to the opposition TDP. He had given enough indications in the past referring to Amaravati as capital. He said that not developing Amaravati as the capital is unfortunate and he is for Amaravati as capital.
He made this statement two years ago when he was well with the ruling party. His statement shocked the ruling party leaders, including the chief minister. However, he did not withdraw his comments and said that he stands for Amaravati. Even his father and former minister Vasantha Nageswara Rao had extended support to the Amaravati farmers.
Perhaps his support to Amaravati is one of the reasons for the party chief to remove him from the constituency incharge post and also drop him from contesting the next election. He is said to be in touch with the TDP leaders, who are offering him the party ticket in the neighbouring Guntur district.
In fact, Krishna Prasad was offered the TDP ticket before the 2019 general elections in Guntur district. However, he wanted to come back to Mylavaram and contest. The YSR Congress had given him the opportunity to contest and win the election.
