The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) led by Chandrababu Naidu seems rejuvenated with the unexpected victories in the recently held MLC elections.The party won all three graduates’ MLC seats, including the West Rayalaseema region, which is traditionally the fortress of YSR Congress Party (YCP).
After these victories, Chandrababu has constituted a new coordination committee with an aim to retain his Kuppam constituency with a majority of not less than one lakh votes.The new committee will be headed by Kancharla Srikanth, who recently won as an MLC from the East Rayalaseema graduates constituency.
Chandrababu has cleverly dropped a winner in Kuppam by appointing Kancharla Srikanth as chaiman of coordination committee.
Srikanth had won the Rayalaseema MLC seat against the odds and the more interesting thing about this win is that he managed to gain a winning trend even in Kadapa, which is CM Jagan’s home territory.
Now, Srikanth’s appointment as Kuppam TDP election committee chairman will greatly boost the local leadership which is already on a high with Lokesh’s Padayatra and also the MLC elections win.
The committee comprises the Kuppam constituency in-charge PS Muniratnam, R Chandrasekhar, convenor, and 31 members.A core committee has also been formed to strengthen the TDP in Kuppam, which has been represented by Naidu since 1989.He got elected as an MLA from Kuppam for seven consecutive times.
However, in the 2019 elections, there was a dip in his majority.
With the TDP losing power in the State in the 2019 elections, the YSRC leadership has focused on the Kuppam constituency with the ultimate goal of defeating Naidu in the next elections.
Following the victory of YSRC in the local body elections, including in Kuppam municipality, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has come up with a new slogan ‘Why not 175’.He is of the view that wresting Kuppam from the TDP is not at all a tough task.
However, the TDP leadership has put a brave face claiming that the people of Kuppam will always stand by Naidu.
