Vijayawada: Tangirala Sowmya filed her nomination as Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate on Friday for the Nandigama Assembly constituency by-election by submitting two sets of nomination papers to returning officer P Rajanikantha Rao.
She happens to be the daughter of Tangiral Prabhakara Rao whose death necessitated the by-election.
After receiving TDP president Chandrababu Naidu`s blessings on Friday, she reached the returning officer`s chamber along with MPs Konakalla Narayana Rao, Kesineni Srinivaas, Zilla Parishad Chairperson Gadde Anuradha and TDP MLA Sriram Rajagopal, besides a number of TDP members.
So far, no other candidate has filed nominations from this constituency after the bypoll notification was issued on August 20.