The BJP is fielding Panathala Suresh as its candidate for the by-election in Badvel Assembly constituency. An announcement to this effect was made by the party's national general secretary Arun Singh October 7 morning.
A native of Pondalur village in Penagalur Mandal of Kadapa district, Mr. Suresh was a leader of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad from 2002 to 2018 and national secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha for a year in the run up to his present elevation as an MLA candidate.
An MBA graduate and a Masters in Communication and Journalism, Mr. Suresh had unsuccessfully contested as BJP candidate in the 2019 elections for Railway Kodur Assembly seat.
