KURNOOL: Continuing its winning trend since last general elections, YSRCP has swept all municipalities in the Kurnool district, apart from the Kurnool Municipal Corporation (KMC).
While the ruling party won 41 out of 52 wards in KMC, TDP got nine wards. Two seats were won unanimously by YSRC. All the seven municipalities in Kurnool district, apart from Atmakur Nagara Panchayat have also been won by the ruling party.
AIMIM did not open its account, despite its president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi campaigning in Kurnool and Adoni. The party had contested from total 27 wards in various municipalities.
Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy played a major role in ensuring the victory of ruling party candidates in all segments of urban local bodies in the Kurnool district. Dhone municipality, the home constituency of Rajendranath Reddy, saw YSRCP winning 31 wards while one ward went to CPM. The influence of the K. E. Krishnamurthy family appeared negligible in…
