A day after polls were announced, a public meeting at
Warangal was meant to be a show of belligerence. But it was not to be, reports Sushil Rao. Dissidence and rebellion forced chief minister and TRS president
K Chandrasekhar Rao to cancel the event, that too in a quiet manner. Warangal is considered a stronghold of the TRS as the pink party had swept the elections there in 2014.
Much as the party is considered strong here, dissidents have shown that the party leadership cannot take them for granted. Not having been able to resolve the issues for tickets in various constituencies, KCR decided not to go ahead with his planned election meeting in Warangal. Strangely, no official announcement was made by the party that it intended to cancel the meeting. It is just that no arrangements were made and the meeting was not held. This, after KCR had stuck to the schedule of holding well-attended public meetings at Nizamabad (October 3),
Nalgonda (Oct 4) and Wanaparthy (Oct 5). After a day's gap, the Warangal meeting was scheduled for October 7.
A day after polls dates were announced, a public meeting at Warangal was meant to be a show of belligerence. But it was not to be. Dissidence and rebellion forced chief minister and TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao to cancel the event, that too in a quiet manner. Warangal is considered a stronghold of the TRS as the pink party had swept the elections there in 2014.
Much as the party is considered strong here, dissidents have shown that the party leadership cannot take them for granted. Not having been able to resolve the issues for tickets in various constituencies, KCR decided not to go ahead with his planned election meeting in Warangal. Strangely, no official announcement was made by the party that it intended to cancel the meeting. It is just that no arrangements were made and the meeting was not held. This, after KCR had stuck to the schedule of holding wellattended public meetings at Nizamabad (October 3), Nalgonda (Oct 4) and Wanaparthy (Oct 5). After a day’s gap, the Warangal meeting was scheduled for October 7.
There are 11 Assembly seats in the erstwhile united Warangal district. In 10 constituencies, the TRS chief announced the candidature of the sitting legislators. He withheld only Warangal East from where Konda Surekha had won. Having been ignored, Sureka raised a banner of revolt.
Much to the chagrin of KCR, deputy chief minister Kadiam Srihari is eyeing the Station Ghanpur seat. Srihari either wants the seat for himself or it be given to his daughter, Kavya.
Issues in Palakurthy, represented by E Dayakar Rao, have also not been resolved as a section of the party cadre is not in his favour. Similarly, speaker S Madhusudhana Chary, who is in the fray again from Bhoopalpally is facing rough weather. In Jangaon also, M Yadagiri Reddy is being challenged by his own partymen, who were vying for tickets.Even a month after he had announced the names of contesting candidates, KCR has not been able to get a grip over Warangal as there is dissidence in practically every constituency and most aspirants, with quite a large following, threatening that they would contest the polls as independents and also ensure the defeat of the party’s official nominees.With this being the situation, the TRS leadership backed out on its election meeting on Sunday.