YSRCP leader, the frontrunner for the Visakhapatnam Mayor post, Ch Vamsi Krishna Srinivas suffered a major blow with the government fielding G Hari Venkata Kumari as the mayor candidate. She was elected unanimously.
Vamsi Krishna who is irked with the party sidelining him has quit the party. He has also resigned from the YSRCP Vizag City Chief post. He alleged that Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has promised to make him Mayor, but he failed to keep his promise.
On the other hand, Vamsi Krishna Srinivas’s reached out to Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation(GVMC) office and raises slogans in support of him. They questioned, why their leader was not made the Mayor?
Vamshi Krishna spoke to the media after his resignation and alleged that he was sidelined in the past too, and said that he is going to meet the Chief Minister and will follow his orders.
G Hari Venkata Kumari and Giyani Sridhar were elected as the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation(GVMC) respectively.