Amaravati, Dec 25 (PTI) The Telugu Desam Party haschosen senior leader K E Prabhakar as its candidate for theMLC election from the Kurnool Local Authorities Constituency.
With the main opposition YSR Congress (YSRC) decidingto stay away from the process, TDP leaders said election ofPrabhakar is expected to be a certainty.
Filing of nominations for the MLC election endstomorrow while polling, if required, will be held on January12.
The by-election for the Kurnool LAC seat wasnecessitated after incumbent Silpa Chakrapani Reddy resignedfrom his post in August, just three months after his electionas TDP candidate. Reddy then joined the YSRC.
TDP leaders said that party chief N Chandrababu Naiduheld several rounds of talks with party leaders from Kurnooldistrict in the last two days before selecting Prabhakar.
Prabhakar is the younger brother of Deputy ChiefMinister (Revenue) K E Krishna Murthy.
He has previously served as a minister in theChandrababu government in erstwhile united AP.
Prabhakar was in June this year appointed as Chairmanof AP State Irrigation Development Corporation. PTI DBVBNM.
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