<p>After a fortnight-long high voltage campaign, bypoll to the Tirupati Lok Sabha Constituency (SC Reserved) will be held on April 17 amid tight security and in line with the Covid-19 protocol.</p>.<p>Tight security arrangements have been put in place at all the 2,471 polling stations in all seven assembly segments of the parliamentary constituency, a senior government official said.</p>.<p>Tirupati, an SC reserved constituency, is going to the bypoll due to the death of sitting YSRC member Balli Durga Prasad Rao in September last year.</p>.<p>Targeting the ruling YSRCP over alleged corruption and nepotism, BJP president JP Nadda and ally Janasena party chief Pawan Kalyan had separately campaigned for BJP candidate K Ratnaprabha, a retired IAS officer.</p>.<p>Former Union Minister of State Panabaka Lakshmi is the Telugu Desam nominee while another former Union Minister of State Chinta Mohan is the Congress candidate.</p>.<p>Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and other leaders also campaigned vigorously for their party candidate.</p>.<p>Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had cancelled his election rally here saying he did not want to put the people in the danger amid the Covid-19 surge.</p>.<p>However, he deputed several ministers and other leaders for canvassing votes in favour of the YSRCP candidate M Gurumurthy, a political novice, besides writing a personal letter urging electors to bless his party once again in the bypoll.</p>.<p>There are 17,09,472 electors in this constituency comprising seven assembly segments and spread over Chittoor and Nellore districts.</p>
<p>After a fortnight-long high voltage campaign, bypoll to the Tirupati Lok Sabha Constituency (SC Reserved) will be held on April 17 amid tight security and in line with the Covid-19 protocol.</p>.<p>Tight security arrangements have been put in place at all the 2,471 polling stations in all seven assembly segments of the parliamentary constituency, a senior government official said.</p>.<p>Tirupati, an SC reserved constituency, is going to the bypoll due to the death of sitting YSRC member Balli Durga Prasad Rao in September last year.</p>.<p>Targeting the ruling YSRCP over alleged corruption and nepotism, BJP president JP Nadda and ally Janasena party chief Pawan Kalyan had separately campaigned for BJP candidate K Ratnaprabha, a retired IAS officer.</p>.<p>Former Union Minister of State Panabaka Lakshmi is the Telugu Desam nominee while another former Union Minister of State Chinta Mohan is the Congress candidate.</p>.<p>Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and other leaders also campaigned vigorously for their party candidate.</p>.<p>Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had cancelled his election rally here saying he did not want to put the people in the danger amid the Covid-19 surge.</p>.<p>However, he deputed several ministers and other leaders for canvassing votes in favour of the YSRCP candidate M Gurumurthy, a political novice, besides writing a personal letter urging electors to bless his party once again in the bypoll.</p>.<p>There are 17,09,472 electors in this constituency comprising seven assembly segments and spread over Chittoor and Nellore districts.</p>