Battle Day : Who stands where for the Telangana by-polls.

Published on Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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TRS

The TRS is likely to get the rewards of K Chandrasekhar Rao’s fast-unto-death which resulted in the Centre setting up the Srikrishna Committee to look into the Telangana demand. With both Congress and TDP throwing their hats in the ring, the TRS was forced to go on the backfoot. KCR upped the ante by accusing the TDP and Congress of political and moral bankruptcy for reneging on their initial assurances not to contest as a gesture of solidarity for the Telangana cause.

The TRS has re-nominated all its former MLAs in 10 Assembly constituencies and given ticket to former TDP MLA C Ramesh in Vemulawada who had later joined the TRS. It has decided not to contest in Nizamabad (Urban) constituency, where it will support BJP candidate Endala Lakshminarayana, who resigned in favour of the Telangana state demand.

Congress

THE main aim of the Congress is to make inroads into TRS strongholds so that the party is left with very little political base to lead the Telangana movement. The pro-Telangana agitation stoked by TRS almost derailed the Rosaiah-led Congress government and forced the Centre to constitute the Srikrishna Committee to look into the demand.

The party has renominated most of the candidates who contested and lost in 2009. Notable among them are AP Congress Committee president D Srinivas from Nizamabad (Urban), former energy minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir from Yellaredy, former minister G Vinod from Chennur, and former MP Indrakaran Reddy from Sirpur.

D Srinivas, who in spite of being APCC president has been relegated to the background as he lost from Nizamabad (Urban) during the last elections, is looking to make a comeback. If he wins he is not only expecting a cabinet berth but is also hoping to create a faction to counter Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.

TDP

TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu who still rues his decision to form a ‘maha kutami’ or grand alliance comprising TDP, TRS and Left parties ahead of the 2009 elections, feels that the party can win at least half-a- dozen seats in the bypolls.

It was with the elections in mind that TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu raked up the Babhali barrage issue which has a direct bearing on Telangana’s water supply. The TDP is hoping to make up for its loss of credibility as a result of its volte face on the Telangana issue. Naidu, who had initially agreed to support statehood for the region, backtracked when the Centre asked the Andhra MLAs to pass a resolution in the Assembly in favour of a separate Telangana last December.

Till last week, the party had no poll plank, with Naidu’s U-turn on a separate Telangana state leaving it in an embarrassing situation. However, it regained a little prestige after Naidu barged into neighbouring Maharashtra over the Babhali dam construction issue.

The party has nominated several former ministers and MLAs. Two new faces are software engineer P Kishore, vice-president of Telugu Desam Sanketika Nippunula Sangham, who is contesting from Sircilla, and N Narayana, ZPTC member who is contesting from Dharmapuri.

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