-Galla S Kiran Kumar,Bureau Chief Telagana (Andhra Pradesh)
Power distribution in Uttarandhra is simmering with factional strife. From Anakapalli to Ichhapuram, the party cadre is suffocating with the leaders’ vying for power in almost every constituency.
The faction fight between party leaders in
Vizianagaram Botsa family rivalries
Minister Appalaraju wants Palasa Vaikapa leaders
to pay five factions
Power distribution in Uttarandhra is simmering with factional strife. From Anakapalli to Ichhapuram, the party cadre is suffocating with the leaders’ vying for power in almost every constituency. In Visakhapatnam, MP Vijayasai Reddy is facing opposition within his own party. His close relatives are preparing to attack Minister Botsa’s family in Vizianagaram. Vaikapa leaders of Palasa Constituency started a collective fight against Appalaraju as this minister called us. In Anakapalli, the neighboring constituency is watching as the embers are burning for the Minister Gudivada Amarnath. Elamanchili MLA Ramanamurthy Raju is angry that he is looking at his constituency. If Ichhapuram is in the four pillars of the four leaders, then in Tekkali, there is a struggle between 3 factions. The ticket game between five people in Paderu is going on smoothly. And in many constituencies, internal squabbles escalated into public criticism, Challenges have come. The fact that some of the Panchayats went to the Chief Minister but were not resolved is a proof of the intensity of class struggle in Uttar Andhra.
Brothers-in-law × Botha family
In Nellimarlo, the family of Minister Botsa Satyanarayana and the family of local MLA Badukonda Appala Naidu are in the midst of a rivalry, who is trying to gain control over the constituency. Botsa’s nephew, Vijayanagaram ZP Chairman Chinna Srinu.. MLA Appala Naidu’s brother-in-law. Both these leaders, who are going to be Viyankulu soon, are now acting as one. On the other hand, Minister Botsa’s brother Botsa Lakshmana Rao is trying hard to contest from Nellimarla in the next election. Lakshmana Rao and his son are working to gain a foothold in the constituency. In the panchayat elections, Lakshmana Rao fielded his supporters in 5 places against the Sarpanchi candidates fielded by MLA Appala Naidu and won 3 places. Many of the local party leaders in Nellimar are colleagues and followers of Minister Botsa. As a result, the MLA reduced the programs there. Other mandals in the constituency were focused on. ‘Your younger brother is creating trouble in my constituency. “If you don’t control me, I will go to any length,” the MLA openly warned Minister Botsa during Mandal Parishad elections. The fact that Chief Minister Jagan, who had recently attended Appala Naidu’s son’s wedding, was accompanied by the members of Botsa’s family by a helipad was a topic of discussion. The tenure of Botsa-backed MLC Penmatsa Suryanarayana Raju (Suresh) will end in March. It is being spread that the MLA and ZP Chairman told the Chief Minister that if Kandula Raghubabu, who contested on behalf of Prajarajyam in 2009, was given to the Chief Minister without renewing the post, the party would be strengthened. They are strategizing to gain control over the constituency. “If you don’t control me, I will go to any length,” the MLA openly warned Minister Botsa during Mandal Parishad elections. The fact that Chief Minister Jagan, who had recently attended Appala Naidu’s son’s wedding, was accompanied by the members of Botsa’s family by a helipad was a topic of discussion. The tenure of Botsa-backed MLC Penmatsa Suryanarayana Raju (Suresh) will end in March. It is being spread that the MLA and ZP Chairman told the Chief Minister that if Kandula Raghubabu, who contested on behalf of Prajarajyam in 2009, was given to the Chief Minister without renewing the post, the party would be strengthened. They are strategizing to gain control over the constituency. “If you don’t control me, I will go to any length,” the MLA openly warned Minister Botsa during Mandal Parishad elections. The fact that Chief Minister Jagan, who had recently attended Appala Naidu’s son’s wedding, was accompanied by the members of Botsa’s family by a helipad was a topic of discussion. The tenure of Botsa-backed MLC Penmatsa Suryanarayana Raju (Suresh) will end in March. It is being spread that the MLA and ZP Chairman told the Chief Minister that if Kandula Raghubabu, who contested on behalf of Prajarajyam in 2009, was given to the Chief Minister without renewing the post, the party would be strengthened. They are strategizing to gain control over the constituency. The tenure of Botsa-backed MLC Penmatsa Suryanarayana Raju (Suresh) will end in March. It is being spread that the MLA and ZP Chairman told the Chief Minister that if Kandula Raghubabu, who contested on behalf of Prajarajyam in 2009, was given to the Chief Minister without renewing the post, the party would be strengthened. They are strategizing to gain control over the constituency. The tenure of Botsa-backed MLC Penmatsa Suryanarayana Raju (Suresh) will end in March. It is being spread that the MLA and ZP Chairman told the Chief Minister that if Kandula Raghubabu, who contested on behalf of Prajarajyam in 2009, was given to the Chief Minister without renewing the post, the party would be strengthened. They are strategizing to gain control over the constituency.
Visakhapatnam is also in the south.
According to information from Vaikapa ranks, Sai Reddy’s intervention has increased the sectarian conflict in Visakhapatnam Constituency as well. After TDP MLA Vasupalli Ganesh announced his support for Vaikapa, he was appointed as the constituency party in-charge. But the chairman of the Brahmin Corporation there, Seethamraju Sudhakar, is contesting for the MLA ticket. Due to this, the differences between Ganesh and Sudhakar reached a peak. Sudhakar rushed to the office of MLA Ganesh Vaikapa saying that Sudhakar was troubling him. With the help of the Chief Minister, Ganesh continued as the constituency coordinator and Sudhakar was finalized as the MLC candidature of the graduates. However, the MLA faction is expressing anger that Sudhakar is focusing on the competition as an MLA and he is doing this only with Sai Reddy’s support.
Who has the upper hand in Elamanchili?
In Elamanchili Constituency, the factions of MLA Kannababu Raju and Gawara Corporation Chairman Boddeda Prasad have clashed at some places in the school parents’ committee elections. The discussion that Minister Gudivada Amarnath is preparing to contest from Elamanchili in the next election has fueled discontent among MLAs. MLA Kannababu Raju has issued a public warning that ‘if any outsider comes and contests with us, they will lose’. Mantri and Prasad are cooperating with each other as they have business ties. But their campaign is going on as if it is a ticket for the minister or Prasad. The MLA took it seriously as to how he would give up his sitting seat. It is said that as the differences were increasing, the Vaikapa elders reconciled the three, which slowed down Prasad a little.
All four are 4 directions in Ichchapuram
In Ichchapuram, the current coordinator Piriya Sairaj, former MLA Naresh Kumar Agarwal, Greening-Beautification Corporation Chairman Narthu Rama Rao, Shyamprasad Reddy… all four are in four directions. Kanchili and Sompet ZPTC members are opposing Sairaj and supporting Rama Rao. This time, Rama Rao, who wants a ticket under any circumstances, is actively initiating work in the constituency through his corporation. On the other hand, the members of the JPTC and the MPPs have not fallen in the mandals either. There are criticisms that Sairaj is staying more in his affairs in Delhi. His wife, Zilla Parishad Chairperson Piriya Vijayane is taking care of the responsibilities of the constituency.
Triangular competition in Tekkali
The Chief Minister has announced MLC Duvwada Srinivas as the candidate in Tekkali constituency of Srikakulam district. But Perada Tilak, who contested as Vaikapa candidate in the last election, and former Union minister Killi Kriparani, who did not get any post after the Vaikapa government, are in the race for the ticket. Srinivas and Tilak are acting like salt fire. As a result, CM Jagan told Tilak in a recent constituency party review that ‘only if Srinivas wins, you will get a chance as an MLC’. But his group is expressing concern that if Tilak does not contest as an MLA, what will be our situation.
In milk migration..
All three constituencies of Patapatnam, Rajam and Palakonda are ruled by the Palavalasa family. As said by MLC Palavalasa Vikrant, there is a campaign that everything happens here. Patapatanam MLA Reddy Shanti is the brother of Vikrant. In Rajam and Palakonda, the Palavalasa family decides the candidates. Mamidi Srikanth, who is hoping for a ticket from Patapatnam, is trying to make an impact. With the support of Dharmana Prasada Rao, the industrialist Siripuram Tejeswara Rao is taking steps seriously. Usharani’s husband Madhubabu, a member of Patapatnam ZPTC, and Tulsi Varaprasad, vice-president of Kothur mandal, are in the ticket attempts. Demands are coming from the rest of the people that the MLA is not a local and this time they should give tickets to the locals.
Payakaraopet MLA who wants to take a blow
Payakaraopet MLA Golla Baburao has many opposition groups in his constituency. Party leader Chikkala Ramachandra and his followers stopped him when he recently went on a visit to Payakaraupeta Mandal. MLA also has disagreement in S. Rayavaram and Kotavuratla mandals. The MLA is openly expressing his anger that he was not given a chance in the first Vaikapa cabinet and in the reorganization and that they are all hindering his political growth. If the MLA declared that ‘If you show me what it means to be a blow to a blow’, then you can understand the extent to which the sectarian conflict is affecting him.
Araku..
Differences between MLA Shetty Palguna and ST Commission Chairman Kumbha Ravibabu are continuing. Ravi Babu and MLA are trying hard to retain their seat for the ticket in the next election. It is said that one of the two has already taken the blessings of a Guru who can influence the CM. If it is not possible in Paderu, the yellow boy king is trying to give ticket in Araku. He is also strengthening his faction in Araku. Even though he worked as the constituency party coordinator till the 2019 elections, Suryanarayana is trying to give the ticket this time but he was not given the ticket.
In Chodavaram..
MLA Karanam Dharamsree’s distance from local public representatives has increased. Butchayyapet, Chodavaram and other JPTC members are not meeting with the MLA. Others are going politically to Madugula MLA and Deputy Chief Minister Budi Mutyala Naidu along with their work. Bandaru Satyanarayana, Market Committee Chairman Venkata Sathya Rao and others continue to be the opposition faction of the MLA.
S. Kotalo MLA, MLC.. You are me
In Sringavarapukota, MLA Kadubandi Srinivasa Rao and MLC Indukuri Raghuraju are running like you are me. During the MPP elections, activists blocked the MLA in Vepada. In the end, instead of the candidate nominated by the MLA, the candidate of his opposition won the MPP seat.
Rachcha in Visakha
It is known that there was a ruckus against the party leaders in Visakha over Rajya Sabha member Vijayasai Reddy’s petition. The differences between him and Visakhapatnam MP MVV Satyanarayana have reached the highest level. Sayreddy’s family members and relatives, who believe that the MP had a role in uncovering the case of land purchase in Visakhapatnam, exposed the malpractice in the construction company of Saireddy MVV in front of the media. After that, the officials of Revenue and GVMC inspected the structures of the MP organization. The MPs are alleging that Sai Reddy is behind this ruckus. Panchayat Mudiri reached CM’s office between two MPs. It is said that Sai Reddy’s move with the strategy of contesting for the Lok Sabha from Visakha may be one of the reasons for falling out with the MP. Minister Gudivada Amarnath and MLA Karanam Dharmashree criticized Sai Reddy in the previous Zilla Parishad meeting. Later CM called them both to Tadepalli and reprimanded them. However, it is said that both of them could not agree with Sai Reddy.
Who are they in Anakapalli?
In Anakapalli, Minister Gudivada Amarnath, MP Satyavathy and former minister Daadi Veerabhadra Rao are not in touch with each other. A situation in which one does not invite the other to functions attended. MP Satyavathy and Daadi Veerabhadra Rao are already implementing political strategies that the minister is planning to contest from another constituency in the next election, not from Anakapalli, and if he leaves, this ticket will be theirs rather than theirs. On the other hand, it is learned that Amarnath has realized that there is a hostile environment in the constituency he wants to go to and is now focusing on another constituency in Visakhapatnam.
Disagree every step of Appalaraju!
Minister Sidiri Appalaraju has faced disagreement at every step in his constituency Palasa. Former MLA Juthu Jagannayake’s brother Juttu Neelakantham is angry with the minister that he was denied the post of municipal chairman and former president of the society Duvvada Hemababu Chowdhury said that he was denied the post of municipal chairman, Palasalo councilor Duvvada Srikanth and Vajrapukottur PACS post. All of them are working together as a group against him. All of them held a meeting in Dunnoor and issued an ultimatum that they will not let Appalarajani win the next election if he is given a ticket. They allege that the minister is deceiving us if we become politically strong. A wide debate is going on in the area that Minister Appalaraje has turned his back on the 30 acres of land near Palasa and instigated the Praja Sanghas and Maoists against Srikanth’s younger brother Sridhar.
MP x MLA in Paderu..
There is a contest between MLA Bhagyalakshmi and MP Madhavi in Paderu. It is said that MP has given the post of Tricar Chairman to Satthi Babu. Through him, the MP is carrying out political activities in Paderu. Until a few years ago MP and MLA did not participate in programs together. With the adjustment of the leadership, even though they have shared the stage in the party programs lately, when they get off the stage, they say whose way is theirs. On the other hand, former minister Balaraju is insisting on giving the Paderu ticket to his daughter Venkatalakshmi (currently a member of G.Madugula JPTC). Balaraju’s relatives say that MP Vijayasai Reddy gave the post of ZP chairman to Subhadra instead of Venkata Lakshmi, and at that time he assured that he would be given MLA ticket later. As a result, Balaraju and his daughter are working seriously in the constituency. On the other hand, as Matsarasa Visveswara Raju is unhappy that Bhagyalakshmi was given a ticket instead of him despite being the coordinator of the constituency party till the 2019 elections, the Vaikapa administration has promised that his wife Kimudu Sivaratnam (currently a member of GKVeedhi ZPTC) will be given the post of ZP chairman as part of the adjustment. But there is talk in the constituency that Paderu did not give the post of ZP chairman to Sivaratnam and Venkatalakshmi, and Araku MLAs Bhagyalakshmi and Palguna said that it was given to Subhadra at the last minute. The differences between Balaraju and Visvesvaraju factions are intense. If all of them are like this, the former minister Kumalleti Balaraju has entered the ticket race and there have been 5 groups in Paderu. It is said that as part of the adjustment, his wife Kimudu Sivaratnam (currently a member of GKVeedhi ZPTC) will be appointed as the chairman of ZP. But there is talk in the constituency that Paderu did not give the post of ZP chairman to Sivaratnam and Venkatalakshmi, and Araku MLAs Bhagyalakshmi and Palguna said that it was given to Subhadra at the last minute. The differences between Balaraju and Visvesvaraju factions are intense. If all of them are like this, the former minister Kumalleti Balaraju has entered the ticket race and there have been 5 groups in Paderu. It is said that as part of the adjustment, his wife Kimudu Sivaratnam (currently a member of GKVeedhi ZPTC) will be appointed as the chairman of ZP. But there is talk in the constituency that Paderu did not give the post of ZP chairman to Sivaratnam and Venkatalakshmi, and Araku MLAs Bhagyalakshmi and Palguna said that it was given to Subhadra at the last minute. The differences between Balaraju and Visvesvaraju factions are intense. If all of them are like this, the former minister Kumalleti Balaraju has entered the ticket race and there have been 5 groups in Paderu.
