Candidates file nominations for Yanam Assembly seat

Yanam, Apr 7 (UNI) Independent MLA Malladi Krishna Rao today filed his nomination as Congress candidate for the May three elections to the Pondicherry Assembly.

Mr Rao came in a procession along with thousands of his followers and filed four sets of papers. His wife Malladi Udayalakshmi filed two sets of papers.

Mr M Satya Sai Kumar filed his nomination on behalf of the AIADMK.

Mr I Kumar, the returning officer for Yanam, told UNI over the phone that all three candidates filed nominations today.

The nominations will close on April 12 and scrutinised thereafter on April 13. The last date for withdrawal is April 15.

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