Pidugu Hari Prasad, the Jana Sena Party (JSP) candidate for the MLA quota MLC, was unanimously elected and received a certificate of confirmation from the Returning Officer, M Vijaya Raju, at the Legislative Assembly in Velagappudi on Monday. The newly elected MLC, Hari Prasad started his career as a journalist and worked for around two decades in the media sector.
Until he was elected an MLC, Hari Prasad worked as a Political Secretary to the Deputy Chief Minister and JSP Chief K Pawan Kalyan. He hails from Eluru in the combined West Godavari and worked as a journalist. Soon after the inception of the JSP, Hari Prasad joined as a political secretary to Pawan Kalyan.