Telangana Assembly polls: Of little-known Babu\, welfarism and pickle

Telangana Assembly polls: Of little-known Babu, welfarism and pickle

Aditi Phadnis went to Hyderabad and surrounding areas to cover the election campaign. Here's what she came back with

Aditi Phadnis 

No one in Hyderabad has heard of Sana Sathish Babu. True, Sana is a side story in the midst of election fever that has Telangana in its grips.

But a local man who is a crucial element in the war that’s broken out in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)… and no one’s heard of him? It was hard to understand. “There are so many like Sana around, it is hard to keep track,” said a local reporter laconically. He is reported to have begun life as an employee of the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board (APSEB) and then quit the government to start his ...

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First Published: Sun, December 02 2018. 22:31 IST