Hyderabad, February 25: The Telugu Desam is planning to field a candidate for the local body polls in the district hoping for a split in Congress vote bank if the former MP, Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, fields his candidate. Mr Jagan managed to attract the Mantralayam MLA, Mr Y. Balanagi Reddy, and the Alur MLA, Ms Patil Niraja Reddy, after he left the Congress.
The TD leaders are apprehending that several MPTCs and ZPTCs will support Mr Jagan. The Congress is confident about a victory, as it has the support of eight MLAs, two MPs, 32 ZPTC members and 425 MPTC members. The Pulivendula TD leader, Mr S.V. Satish Kumar Reddy, who took on Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy in two Assembly elections and lost, is tipped for an MLC ticket.
The TD is poised to win three seats in the MLAs quota for which aspirants have lined up. Sources in the TD said the party chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, is favourably inclined to nominate Mr Satish Reddy in view of his services in Pulivendula.
–Courtesy: Flashnews