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Seetharamaiah remembered

VIJAYAWADA: A meeting organised by some Congressmen to observe the fifth death anniversary of former deputy mayor Burma Seetharamaiah on Sunday was used as a platform to send across a message to the kapu community in the city that the Congress always stood by them.

Speaking on the occasion, Lagadapati Rajagopal, MP, recalled that he had intervened at the last minute to tilt the scales in favour of Vangaveeti Radhakrishna in deciding the candidature for Vijayawada East constituency in 2004 Assembly elections. “A decision was then taken by the Congress leadership led by PCC president D. Srinivas and Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to give ticket for Vijayawada East constituency to Ilapuram Venkaiah, but when some party leaders brought it to my notice that there is a need to recognise the son of a leader who sacrificed his life for the party, I persuaded the party leadership to give the ticket to Mr. Radhakrishna,” Mr. Rajagopal said.

APCC executive member Kolanukonda Shivaji criticised Kapu leader Pilla Venkateswara Rao for alleging that the MP was trying to give mayorship to other communities.

Mayor Mallika Begum, Mr. Sominaidu and corporator M.V. Ratna Bindu spoke.

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