TRS candidate Prabhakar projects pink power in Munugode

HYDERABAD: In a grand show of strength, Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy, TRS’ candidate for Munugode Assembly bypoll, filed his nomination on Thursday in the presence of several party heavyweights, including party working president K.T. Rama Rao, ministers, MLAs, and MLCs.

The mood was festive in the constituency as thousands of party leaders and activists marched through Chandur for 5 km while dancing to the sounds of drums and playing Bathukamma and “kolatam.”

The rally was attended by a large number of youth, women, and farmers. There was heavy traffic all day on the road leading from Narketpally to Chandur with hundreds of cars, two-wheelers, and other vehicles following the rally.  Leaders of the CPI and CPM too accompanied Prabhakar Reddy when he filed his nomination.

Addressing the rally, Rama Rao declared that he will adopt Munugode if the TRS wins in the bypoll, a day after TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy vowed that he would adopt the constituency if the Congress party came to power in 2023.

The byelection, he said, was a fight between the "money power and arrogance" of the BJP's Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy and the "self-respect" of the people of Munugode.