By VV Balakrishna
30 Mar 2009
HYDERABAD: Resentment is brewing in the TRS and the TDP camps over TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao’s choice of candidates in some Assembly and Lok Sabha segments as they are seen to be ‘‘financially sound but politically weak.’’ Sources said the TDP Telangana leaders, already frustrated with the TRS for seeking seats that are considered TDP bastions, are now furious that the pink party has fielded ‘weak’ candidates in constituencies where the TDP is quite strong.
This perception of ‘weak contestants’ has led to widespread rumours that only those, who had loads of money, were considered for party tickets by the TRS leadership.
Chandrasekhara Rao denied the same vehemently in Medak on Sunday and even went to the extent of saying that he would rather chop his head rather than bow it in shame. The suspicion that only the filthy rich were considered for party tickets gained ground after the reported confession (in a section of press) of a candidate that he had paid Rs 10 crore to secure the Secunderabad ticket. Of the 45 Assembly and nine Lok Sabha seats for which the TRS has announced candidates, it fielded ‘weak’ candidates in over 12 Assembly and four Lok Sabha seats. TRS leaders too are admitting this in private.
The ‘weak’ candidates of TRS, according to party sources, are M Sudarshana Rao (Kukatpally Assembly), K Yadagiri Reddy (Alair), R Kanakaiah (Manthani), M Yadagiri Reddy (Uppal), K Prabhakar Reddy (Maheswaram).
The TRS also fielded a weak candidate AS Posetti in Nizamabad urban. Posetti is taking on PCC chief D Srinivas. Interestingly, former minister A Chandrasekhar did not want to stand again in his home turf Vikarabad, as he is sure of losing it to the Congress.
But, the TRS leadership has forced him to.
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