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Cong pins hopes on Warangal LS seat
Cong pins hopes on Warangal LS seat. The Congress has found itself on the horns of a dilemma whether to align with the Left, now with the latter pitching for the candidature of balladeer Gaddar to contest in the byelection from Warangal.
Plans to field its own candidate; former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar’s name doing the rounds
Hyderabad: The Congress has found itself on the horns of a dilemma whether to align with the Left, now with the latter pitching for the candidature of balladeer Gaddar to contest in the byelection from Warangal.
The Congress leaders are reportedly finding it difficult to support the candidature of Gaddar, one of the strongest protagonists of separate Telangana movement and also a revolutionary ideologue.
Moreover, the party has planned to field its own candidate. There is speculation that the party may field former Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar, who is also the daughter of Babu Jagjivan Ram.
According to party sources, the hard bargaining between the Congress and the CPI during the last general elections on seat sharing and the embarrassing defeat of K Narayana from Khammam Lok Sabha constituency had widened the differences between the two parties. The changing political equations, post bifurcation, united all the Left parties.
They felt that Gaddar would emerge a strong contender. “If there is no united opposition to the ruling party, it will be a cakewalk for TRS candidate in Warangal,” felt a senior leader.
The Congress has taken the byelection as a prestige issue. The party leaders have decided to wait for the TDP-BJP combine announcing its candidate. The TDP and BJP are exploring all possibilities of fielding a common candidate.
Warangal, being a reserved constituency, the Congress is expecting that it will secure majority of voters of Scheduled Castes. They are planning to portray the TRS government as anti-Dalit int he light of dismissal of Deputy Chief Minister T Rajaiah from the Cabinet.
Apart from it, the party is planning to make it an issue that the Chief Minister, K Chandrashekar Rao, has failed to fulfil electoral promises to Dalits. “Our party should have announced the candidate without dilly-dallying too long. Delay in announcing the candidate will definitely damage the party’s prospects,” said R Pratap, one of the aspirants.
By Md Nizamuddin
