BY J.R.PRASAD
Hyderabad, Dec. 14: The former Congress MLA, Mr Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu’s entry into the Telugu Desam is causing more problems to the party president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu. Mr Muddukrishnama Naidu’s re-entry into the TD has pushed Ms Roja, the TD Mahila president, and Mr Naidu’s brother, Mr Ramamurthy Naidu, to fight for the Chandragiri Assembly constituency. Mr Muddukrishnama Naidu crossed over to the TD as the Puttur Assembly constituency ceased to exist in the delimitation of constituencies. According to party sources, the TD chief had promised Mr Muddukrishnama Naidu the Nagiri constituency in the ensuing elections.
However, Ms Roja and the former MLA, Mr N. Doraswamy Raju, were aspiring for this seat. Mr Doraswamy Raju resigned from the TD on Saturday in protest against the TD chief’s reported promise to Mr Muddukrishnama Naidu. Meanwhile, Ms Roja has shifted her focus to Chandragiri where Mr Ramamurthy Naidu is planning to contest from.
Apart from this, after the delimitation, Ms Roja’s native mandal Chinnakattigallu was transferred from Nagiri to Chandragiri segment. This is another reason for her to set her sights on Chandragiri. In the wake of delimitation, apart from the geographical area of Chandragiri, the population ratio has changed in favour of the Reddys.
They have now emerged as the dominant caste over Kammas. It may be recalled here that Ms Roja is from the Reddy community whereas Mr Naidu is a Kamma. According to the party sources, Kamma leaders in the constituency are backing Mr Ramamurthy Naidu’s candidature, whereas Reddy leaders are supporting Ms Roja. This has led to a catch-22 situation for the Telugu Desam president. When asked about on going war between Ms Roja and the TD president’s brother, the TD Parliamentary party leader, Mr K. Yerrannaidu, dismissed any differences.
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