YSR Congress Party moves the Supreme Court over nominations for the Andhra Pradesh municipal polls

21 October 2026

The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party filed the petition through its General Secretary Lella Appireddy.
It was filed by Advocate-on-Record Mahfooz A. Nazki.
The nomination period for the municipal polls ran from October 16 to October 18.
The petition states that nine of the party's candidates at Tirupati Municipal Corporation could not enter the offices of Returning Officers, and names incidents at Punganur, Rayachoti and Kadapa.
The party seeks police protection for candidates, an extension of the nomination deadline and additional nomination centres.
It also seeks a stay on declaring candidates elected unopposed in the affected wards until the Court orders otherwise.