Guntur: Atmakur municipality of Nellore district, Lakshmi and her sister Tirupatamma are contesting from the 13th ward on two different party tickets, which is reserved for SC women.

Lakshmi is a housewife and this is her election debut. Her sibling Tirupatamma, on the other hand, is an advocate and she was fielded by the YSRC from the same ward. “Attracted by the welfare schemes introduced by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, I have decided to contest the civic polls this time,” she said.

In Rayadurgam municipality of Anantapur district, two close relatives are pitched against each other in the eighth ward. While M Chinna Veeraswamy is contesting on YSRC ticket, his brother’s wife Jyothi is his rival candidate from TDP.