Police officer Gorantla Madhav, who resigned from his post of circle inspector of Kadiri police station in Anantapur to contest as YSR Congress party candidate from Hindupur Lok Sabha constituency, finally succeeded in his attempts to file the nomination.
On Monday, the last day of nominations for the general elections in AP, Madhav got a big relief from the state high court which granted him permission to file the nominations.
It was a sort of psychological victory for him, as the police department refused his application for voluntary retirement on the pretext that two charge memos were pending against him in connection with certain alleged irregularities in the past.
He would have become unfit to contest the elections, as Election Commission would reject Madhav’s nomination on the grounds that his resignation had not been accepted.
To be on the safe side, the YSR Congress party made arrangements to field alternative candidates, including Madhav’s wife.
In the meantime, Madhav moved the court, which delivered its judgement on Monday after prolonged hearings. He immediately rushed to the returning officer to file the nomination.
Madhav hit the headlines a few months ago threatening to slash the tongue of firebrand TDP MP from Anantapur J C Diwakar Reddy.
He clashed with Diwakar Reddy who alleged that the police had miserably failed in controlling the violence in Tadipatri mandal that took place during the Ganesh Nimajjan festivities at Swamy Prabobhananda Ashram.
Since Madhav belongs to Kurubala caste which had big representation of voters in Hindupur Lok Sabha segment, Jagan preferred to field him from the constituency.