APCC president Y.S. Sharmila.
| Photo Credit: G.N. RAO
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y.S. Sharmila is nearly sure to enter the election fray from the Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency.
The occasion management is alleged to be eager on fielding Ms. Sharmila, the brand new hope of the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, from Kadapa, the place her cousin from the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Y.S. Avinash Reddy, who’s Accused No. eight within the homicide case of former Minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, is the sitting MP.
Though hypothesis has been rife over Ms. Sharmila’s seemingly plan to contest for the Kadapa MP seat, senior Congress leaders preserve stoic silence, ready for the management in Delhi to convey its remaining determination on the problem.
On March 21, Ms. Sharmila held a gathering with the leaders of Kadapa district to take inventory of the prevailing political state of affairs, and in addition to elicit their views on a number of key points.
The leaders reportedly exhorted her to contest elections from Kadapa. Responding, Ms. Sharmila mentioned she was able to observe regardless of the management needed her to do. This, many within the occasion say, is her consent to contest from Kadapa.
Well-placed sources within the occasion additionally say that Ms. Sharmila will “almost certainly” battle the electoral battle to seize the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat, which is mired in household politics. While the ruling occasion has determined to retain the candidature of Mr. Avinash Reddy, the TDP-JSP-BJP alliance has not but introduced its candidate.
Ms. Sharmila, who is taken into account the trump card of the Congress, is treading cautiously, taking her time to make an official assertion on the choice. Seniors within the occasion are unanimous of their opinion that quite a lot of evaluation is required earlier than she takes the plunge, lest the credibility of the occasion, which has been enhancing after her latest entry, may plummet once more.
Prestigious seat
Kadapa being a prestigious phase, which has been historically contested by members of the YSR household, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will depart no stone unturned and put to make use of all his would possibly to make sure that the seat is retained by his occasion man. And the Congress leaders are cautious of this. “We cannot afford to make her contest the elections and allow her to lose the battle,” mentioned a pacesetter in search of anonymity.
Given the truth that Ms. Sharmila will likely be pitted towards a formidable opponent just like the YSRCP, the Congress has the Herculean process of galvanising itself into organising its affairs successfully in a couple of weeks time.
Faced with critical useful resource crunch, the occasion has to determine booth-level brokers and activate its items on the village, mandal and district ranges.
The occasion intends to go sluggish with regard to campaigning on account of fund crunch. A couple of of the seniors really feel that lively canvassing by the members of the family of Vivekananda Reddy towards Mr. Avinash Reddy will stand Ms. Sharmila in good stead.
Sources additionally point out that the management may ask Vivekananda Reddy’s spouse Sowbhagyamma to contest on the Congress ticket ought to Ms. Sharmila refuse to enter the fray, and the occasion is prone to launch the checklist of its candidates by March 25.