Ever since the death of Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy, the Bhuma family has weakened. After this, her daughter Bhuma Akhila Priya was elected as Allagadda MLA unanimously. However, what came as a blow was the death of Bhuma Nagi Reddy after which his daughter Bhuma Akhila Priya was also given a ministry in the AP Cabinet. Following the death, another Bhuma scion, Bhuma Bharmananda Reddy contested the by-election from Nandyal and won.
However, this election was different for the Bhuma family. The Bhuma heirs had to market themselves hard to get the Allagadda and Nandyal seats to contest from, from the TDP Chief. This is also the first election the Bhuma heirs will be facing without their parents. The fight in Allagadda and Kurnool has been an interesting one because the ones standing against the Bhuma family also are two strong and well-establish families with considerable political clout.
In Allagadda, the Gangula Prabhahakar Reddy’s son, Gangula Nani had contested against Akhila Priya. The Gangula family has a great stronghold in the constituency from the last 40 years. Since 1985, the constituency has always witnessed a tough fight between Bhuma and Gangula families. Of this, the Bhuma family won the election most of the time but Gangula family has never given up.
Despite Akhila Priya enjoying sympathy from people and sanctioning works for the constituency and developing it, there has been news that she has not been available for people. On the other hand, Gangula Nani’s candidature was finalised two years ago by YSRCP President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, following which Nani developed a good connect with the people in the constituency. It is believed that there will be only slight difference in the majority as it with be a tough fight between Nani and Akhila Priya.
Interestingly, in Nandyal too, the fight is between two young guns. While Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy won the by-election with a great margin, the assembly contest this time will be tough as YSRCP’s Shilpa Mohan Reddy’s son Shilpa Ravichandra Kishore Reddy is contesting. Apparently, there is negativity for Brahmananda Reddy in the constituency as the promises made during by-election have not been fulfilled.
However, the Nandyal contest relies heavily on Jana Sena candidate Sridhar Reddy on how he would split the margin of these two candidates. With such a tough fight from YSRCP on card for Bhuma family young politicians, speculation is rife that Bhuma family could lose one seat in such a neck-to-neck contest in both the constituencies.
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