Talk: ‘Chiranjeevi phobia’ saves Ummareddi
‘Chiranjeevi phobia’ has saved Ummareddi Venkateswralu’s scalp in the reshuffled TDP politburo as he is the only Kapu leader from coastal districts retaining his seat in the party’s highest decision making body.
Interestingly, another senior leader, Kodela Sivaprasada Rao from Guntur, has lost the battle for a place in the politburo due to caste equations. According to reports, party president Chandrababu Naidu had decided to drop Ummareddi from the politburo along with Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy (Prakasam) and P Srinivasa Reddy (Mahbubnagar). While the decision to drop Balaram and Srinivasa was taken following their election as district unit presidents, Naidu wanted to remove Ummareddi with a view to reducing the ‘heavy weights’ from Guntur district.
Party senior leaders reportedly convinced Naidu that it may not be wise to drop Ummareddi from the politburo at a time when the entire coastal districts are engulfed in speculation about Chiru’s likely entry into politics, sources said.
There is a feeling among the Kapus that they are being given a ‘raw deal’ in the TDP when compared to the Congress. “Ummareddi’s removal will certainly send wrong signals to the Kapus, particularly when four Kapu leaders (Botsa Satyanarayana, Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao, Mandali Budha Prasad and Kanna Lakshminarayana) are serving as ministers in the YSR cabinet,” a senior leader said.
The TDP’s new state committee has left the party circles in Krishna district disappointed as neither the senior nor the youth leaders were accommodated in it. While Lal Jan Basha and Ummareddi got berths in the politburo, Kodela and Nannapaneni Rajakumari will continue as spokespersons. Another leader J R Pushparaj was made party vice-president.
Interestingly, another senior leader, Kodela Sivaprasada Rao from Guntur, has lost the battle for a place in the politburo due to caste equations. According to reports, party president Chandrababu Naidu had decided to drop Ummareddi from the politburo along with Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy (Prakasam) and P Srinivasa Reddy (Mahbubnagar). While the decision to drop Balaram and Srinivasa was taken following their election as district unit presidents, Naidu wanted to remove Ummareddi with a view to reducing the ‘heavy weights’ from Guntur district.
Party senior leaders reportedly convinced Naidu that it may not be wise to drop Ummareddi from the politburo at a time when the entire coastal districts are engulfed in speculation about Chiru’s likely entry into politics, sources said.
There is a feeling among the Kapus that they are being given a ‘raw deal’ in the TDP when compared to the Congress. “Ummareddi’s removal will certainly send wrong signals to the Kapus, particularly when four Kapu leaders (Botsa Satyanarayana, Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao, Mandali Budha Prasad and Kanna Lakshminarayana) are serving as ministers in the YSR cabinet,” a senior leader said.
The TDP’s new state committee has left the party circles in Krishna district disappointed as neither the senior nor the youth leaders were accommodated in it. While Lal Jan Basha and Ummareddi got berths in the politburo, Kodela and Nannapaneni Rajakumari will continue as spokespersons. Another leader J R Pushparaj was made party vice-president.
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