There are doubts on one dissident Telugu Desam Party leader helping the rival YSR Congress so as to weaken the TDP in Nagari Assembly constituency. The growing dissidence in the party might spell doom for the party in this constituency, if information from sources is to be believed.
There are rumours that the TDP activists of the dissident leader ensured that the some of the voters cast their valuable vote to the Opposition YSR Congress in Nagari. TDP senior leader late Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu’s son Gali Bhanu Prakash contested as the party candidate from Nagari against YSRC candidate Roja. There is talk that one section of the TDP had betrayed Bhanu Prakash, following differences over allocation of the party ticket.
Nagari had caused enough headache to the party chief from the day the poll notification was released. According to sources, Prakash’s younger brother Gali Jagadish appealed to the TD party chief not to give the ticket to his brother. He asked Naidu to give the ticket to him but Prakash claimed that his father had declared him to be his political successor. Even Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu’s wife and MLC Saraswati too lobbied for Jagadish but Naidu counselled them and finally, gave the ticket to Bhanu Prakash.
There are allegations that some TDP leaders in the constituency had facilitated the party leaders to switch loyalty to the YSR Congress, just before the elections. Also, the dissident TDP group even extended financial support to YSRC candidate Roja during campaigning.
However, the TD activists believe that Bhanu Prakash put up a stiff competition to Roja. It is learnt that Bhanu Prakash and other key leaders in the constituency complained about the dissident leader’s activities to the party supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu during his meeting with party leaders in Chittoor district.
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