Hyderabad, March 09: West Godavari zilla parishad chairman Meka Seshu Babu has been expelled from the Congress for entering the MLC poll fray as a rebel candidate. The party nominated Ganga Bhavani as the candidate for AP Legislative Council from West Godavari Local Authority constituency.
PCC chief D Srinivas issued orders expelling Seshu Babu on Monday evening, after party leaders’ efforts to make him withdraw from the contest failed. Babu has the support of Kadapa former MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
There is opposition from the party leaders to Ganga Bhavani’s candidature.
They also made their displeasure known at a recent meeting. When Sehsu Babu filed nomination papers, several Congress leaders accompanied him. Though ministers Vatti Vasanta Kumar and Pitani Satyanarayana counselled
—Agencies