Heroic women who are showing power in Uttarandhra..!?
•Heroic women who are showing power in uttarandhra politics.
•North Andhra women who excel as MPs and MLAs.
•Representation of women is high in the city but not in rural districts.
In Andhra Pradesh, especially in the districts of uttarandhra, women are entering politics and doing well. In 1972, Boddu Kalavati contested on behalf of the congress party and was elected mla from Madugula constituency. After that, she got an opportunity to contest in the vizianagaram district but she lost. In 1983, the Telugu Desam Party gave a ticket to Allu Bhanumathi from the Madugula constituency. But as her nomination was rejected, reddy Satyanarayana, who was cast as a dummy, became the candidate. In 1983, Grandhi madhavi was elected on behalf of the telugu desam party from Visakha-1 and performed well.
The Assembly was dissolved in the year 1985. In the elections held then, Allu Bhanumathi got a chance and was elected to the Legislative Assembly. In 1985, Rajana Ramani represented Visakhapatnam-2 constituency. In 1989, ET vijayalakshmi got a chance to become a legislator from Visakhapatnam. After that in 1994 she was shifted to the Paravada constituency and was defeated. Pinninti Varalakshmi, who was a professor, contested and won the 1989 elections from Visakhapatnam-II constituency as a telugu desam party candidate and later entered the Legislative Assembly. Representation of women is high in the city but not so much in rural districts.
In the year 2009, Bolem Muthyalapapa was elected to the Legislative assembly by defeating Ayyannapatra in Narpipatnam. After that, no one got a chance for many years. In the 2014 election, Vangalapudi Anitha from Payakaraopet and Giddi Iswari from Paderu were elected to the Legislative Assembly. In the 2019 election, Kottagulli Bhagyalakshmi was elected from Paderu. Botsa jhansi (YCP) for the visakha Lok Sabha seat, kothapalli Geetha (BJP), and Chetty Tanujarani (YCP) for the Arakuloya seat. ), Vangalapudi Anitha (TDP) from Payakaraopet, Giddi Ishwari (TDP) from paderu Assembly segment and Earle Anuradha (YCP) from Madugula are contesting. Let's see who will be the winner.
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