For TDP winning the Nandyal is a prestige issue. However, the region is fraught with problems for Chandrababu Naidu’s party. By-polls had to be announced in Nandyall after the sudden demise of the sitting MLA Bhuma Nagireddy.
A lot is riding on the results of the Nandyal polls for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
By-polls had to be announced in Nandyall after the sudden demise of the sitting MLA Bhuma Nagireddy. For TDP winning the Nandyal now has become a prestige issue, however, the region is fraught with problems for Chandrababu Naidu’s party. What is now affecting the TDP most is the fact that the Nandyal citizens have not warmed up to TDP.
Nagireddy was elected to the Assembly as a Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) candidate, but later he defected to TDP along with his daughter Akhila Priya who is now a Cabinet Minister in TDP government.
Now both TDP and YSRCP are pitched in for a rough battle to claim Nandyal. The key voter demography in Nandyal constituency constitutes Reddys, Balijas and Muslims. Hence Chandrababu Naidu sent ministers Amarnath Reddy and Adinarayana Reddy to campaign in Nandyal by-poll.
But the public has questioned these leaders as to why they should vote for him. According to reports, the Nandyal residents were not in favour of Bhuma Nagireddy switching from YSRCP to TDP.
Hence they took out the anger on the TDP campaigners. However, Akhila Priya has been able to avoid any such uncomfortable situations as she till now has attended only small open meetings and did not participate in any campaigning with the candidate.
Another major hurdle for the TDP campaigner Minister Adinarayana Reddy arose over the involvement of his relative Kesavareddy in a scam. Kesavareddy, who is the chairman of Kesavareddy Educational Institutions was arrested for cheating thousands of students and misappropriation of Rs 800 crores.
It is rumoured that Adinarayana Reddy defected from YSRCP in order to save Kesavareddy. So wherever Adinarayana went for campaigning, people questioned him about the scam.
