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KCR Survey results irk MLAs
There has been widespread dissatisfaction over the survey conducted by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao among the MLAs of his own party. While some MLAs brushed aside the surveys, some others stated these surveys are not benchmark for their work or performance.Â
​Hyderabad: There has been widespread dissatisfaction over the survey conducted by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao among the MLAs of his own party. While some MLAs brushed aside the surveys, some others stated these surveys are not benchmark for their work or performance.
A senior MLA from Warangal remarked that the results of such surveys keep changing over time. Some MLAs who secured low marks were of the opinion that these surveys serve no purpose. Over all, the MLAs are clueless regarding the results of the survey.
A Minister, who secured fourth place from the bottom, remarked in the lobby of the Assembly that he got low marks after he started visiting his constituency regularly but before that, he secured high rank, he said with a smirk on his face.
Another Minister also experienced the same. Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao, who secured 82.10 marks in the first survey, went down to 57.50 in the second survey. Noticeably, after the first survey only, Bhakta Ramadas Project was commenced and the government had given the whole credit to the Minister describing that the project was completed in a record time of 11 months and it was also mentioned in the Governor’s speech.
Surprisingly, the Minister scored less marks after the project went on stream, wondered an MLA of the same district. The survey results are being discussed widely in the party circles with some of the leaders claiming that it was a ploy to replace some ministers. A senior MLA opined that a major reshuffle was possible in the Cabinet after the Budget Sessions taking the survey results as criterion.
Most of the MLAs including the Ministers from Adilabad secured average marks. The MLAs said that their visibility was low as they were away from the capital Hyderabad and that was why there was no recognition for their work.
A MLA from Karimnagar was astonished that he secured 39 marks in the second survey while he got 80 per cent in the first survey. “In a short span of two months, how the graph could have fallen by 40 per cent,” he wondered adding that there was no correlation between the two surveys.
Another MLA, who played a key role in the JAC, was believed to be popular but that was not reflected in the survey. He simply brushed off the results.
A MLA from Khammam, who shifted his loyalty to the TRS party, secured 48 per cent. However, the TRS party secured only 42 per cent. “Does that mean that the MLA was more popular than the party,” some leaders wondered.Though most of the legislators have taken the results in their stride, are still a worried lot as the results may be used against them.
Some of these MLAs have opined that “even as seasoned psephologists could not gauge the pulse of people like in the case of Bihar elections, how can these surveys be trusted”.
By: Rajesh Siddham
