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Campaign hots up
After a huge public meeting which was organised on Monday by the TRS in Narayankhed ahead of by-poll, Wednesday saw a massive show of strength by both TDP and Congress which held equally impressive public meetings.
Narayankhed: After a huge public meeting which was organised on Monday by the TRS in Narayankhed ahead of by-poll, Wednesday saw a massive show of strength by both TDP and Congress which held equally impressive public meetings.
Kodangal MLA and senior TDP leader Revanth Reddy, TDP working president Errabelli Dayakar Rao, TDP floor leader Ramesh Rathod, former MP V Pratap Reddy and Telugu Rythu president Nagam Janardhan Reddy led a a rally with around 5,000 activists in the town and addressed a public meeting.
Meanwhile, Damodara Raja Narasimha, former deputy Chief Minister of united AP, Leader of Opposition Jana Reddy, MLA Geetha Reddy and senior leaders Sunitha Laxma Reddy, T Jayaprakash Reddy, Suresh Shetkar and other leaders addressed another public meeting at an open ground right beside P Kishta Reddy’s house. Around 5,000 to 6,000 activists attended the meeting.
The leaders of both the TDP and the Congress made personal attacks on Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao who is the TRS in-charge for Narayankhed election. Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is expected to address a public meeting in Narayankhed on February 10 or 11.
It may be mentioned here that all the three candidates of major political parties pitted against one another for the Narayankhed by-election have a political lineage. The bypoll was necessitated after the death of sitting Congress MLA P Kishta Reddy in August 2015.
Congress has fielded P Sanjeeva Reddy, son of P Kishta Reddy as its candidate. He is a doctor by profession and has held various positions in DCC. He served as the ZPTC of Narayankhed from 2006 to 2011. In 2013 local body elections, he won as MPTC from Narayankhed mandal. He was elected as the Mandal Parishad President in 2014.
TDP and TRS candidates M Vijayapal Reddy and M Bhoopal Reddy are both brothers, who served as Panchayat Samithi President and was elected twice as the MLA of Narayankhed in the past. Shakuntala, their mother, too served as ZPTC of Kalher.
M Vijayapal Reddy, TDP candidate, has served as Narayankhed MLA from 1994 to 1999. He served as TDP district and state secretary and has been the in-charge of Narayankhed constituency for TDP. In 2004, he represented TDP and in 2009, he represented Praja Rajyam Party in the general elections, but was defeated.
M Bhoopal Reddy, TRS candidate had started his political career in 1990 and was elected twice as Krishnapur PACS chairman. He also worked as DCCB Director and DCMS Vice-president. He was also the TDP Kalher Mandal President for two years. In 2008, he joined the TRS and unsuccessfully contested for Nara- yankhed seat in 2009 and 2014.
