BY J.R.PRASAD
Hyderabad, May 2: Within hours after the Telugu Desam chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, went abroad for a holiday, his party men started discussing about who is the second-in-command in the party.
The names of TD Parliamentary Party leader, Mr K. Yerrannaidu, politburo members, Mr Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, Dr Nagam Janardhan Reddy, Kadiam Srihari and Kodela Siva Prasada Rao and other senior leaders are doing the rounds for the position.
Till a year ago, T. Devender Goud was treated as No. 2 in the TD. After Mr Goud’s exit, NTR’s son, Mr Harikrishna, was seen as the second-in-command. When Mr Naidu was touring the state during his Mee Kosam Yatra, Mr Harikrishna supervised party activities from NTR Bhavan.
However, he has been keeping away from the TD’s central office for the past five months, because of knee-related problems. Since then the position has been lying vacant.
Even though NTR’s son Balakrishna, and grandson Junior NTR have lent a helping hand for the TD during its poll campaign, they have now kept themselves away from party activities due to their film career, paving way to the senior leaders to compete for the position.
However, Dr N. Janardhan Reddy and K. Srihari privately claim themselves to be the No.2 in the party by citing their proximity to Mr Naidu.
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