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TDP party members distance themselves from 2 senior leaders

  • Telugu Desam Party is indirectly forcing two senior leaders to leave the Party
  • TDP MLC from Nandyal Silpa Chakrapani Reddy is mistrusted by his party folks due to his relationship with the opposition’s Silpa Mohan Reddy
  • On the other hand, the TDP chief openly supported defected MLA Gottipati Ravi Kumar over staunch TDP MLC and senior leader Karanam Balaram
TDP party members distance themselves from 2 senior leaders

Two senior leaders and MLCs in Telugu Desam Party (TDP) seem to be suffering at the hands of the party chief and AP Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu. Kurnool District MLC Silpa Mohan Reddy and Prakasam District MLC Karanam Balaram are facing opposing situations within the Party which is making it difficult for them to continue in the party.

Chandrababu’s government in AP face negativity in the public and the Nandyal by-poll is being conducted amidst such opposition. TDP is trying very hard to win the by-poll on one hand while the party chief is trying to alienate its senior leaders on the other.

The opposition’s Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YCP) candidate, Silpa Mohan Reddy, is the brother of Shilpa Chakrapani Reddy who is a TDP MLC. This is causing trouble for Chakrapani within his party. Chandrababu and the other TDP leaders in the district do not trust Chakrapani and accuse him of being a cohort to YCP. Even if Silpa Mohan Reddy wins or loses the elections, it is clear that Chakrapani cannot continue in TDP.

On the other hand, Karanam Balaram from Prakasam district is also travelling in the same boat. Karanam has an age-old rivalry with Gottipati Ravi Kumar and recently Ravi Kumar defected YCP to join TDP. The rivalry between the two groups have intensified since then.

In the Thursday Addanki Constituency analysis meeting, Chandrababu openly supported Gottipati saying that whatever MLA Gottipati says regarding the constituency is final. He also warned Karanam to behave or else disciplinary action would be taken against him.

This sent the signal that Chandrababu is willing to sacrifice Karanam for Gottipati. So Karanam is also facing a diverse situation in the party and he is also preparing to leave.

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