Former minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar on Monday called for an extensive voter registration drive in Khammam ahead of the Khammam-Warangal-Nalgonda graduate MLC election, making enrollment the central demand of his campaign push in Telangana.

Kumar toured several areas in the Khammam constituency that day, including Raghunathapalem mandal, Khammam Urban and Khanapuram Haveli. In each area he held special meetings with local leaders, according to the report.

Voter registration is the most crucial factor for victory in the graduate MLC elections, and it must be taken up on a wide scale.

The message was direct. Kumar asked leaders to reach out to every graduate in the Khammam constituency, gather their details and make sure each one is enrolled as a voter. In a graduate constituency, that means the work happens door to door and person to person, not only at polling booths.

The election covers three districts in one seat. The graduate MLC contest is being held for the Khammam, Warangal and Nalgonda constituency, and the report confirms that polls for this seat are now approaching. That timing is what gives Monday’s meetings their urgency. Registration windows do not stay open forever, and a graduate who is not on the voter list cannot cast a ballot, no matter how strongly they feel about a candidate.

Why Khammam matters here

For Khammam, the appeal lands squarely on local politics. Kumar’s tour of Raghunathapalem, Khammam Urban and Khanapuram Haveli shows that the registration push is being pressed at the grassroots level, where party workers can reach graduates directly. The Khammam constituency is part of the wider three-district seat, so every registered voter here adds to the total pool that will decide the result.

The report does not say which party or candidate Kumar is backing, nor does it lay out specific targets for how many graduates should be enrolled. What it does show is a clear strategy: win the enrollment battle first. Kumar framed registration as the foundation of the whole electoral effort, not an afterthought to be handled in the final days.

What comes next

Expect more of these local meetings in the coming weeks as the election date approaches. The model Kumar outlined is simple. Identify graduates, record their details, and confirm their voter status. Whether that effort translates into votes on polling day is the question every party in the contest will be watching.