By SNV Sudhir
Visakhapatnam, Mar 25, 2013: TD’s Vizag unit is yet to finalise the route map for its chief N. Chandrababu Naidu’s proposed visit to the district as part of his walkathon, ‘Vasthunna Meekosam’, even though two rounds of discussion have taken place on the matter by party in charge, Sujana T. Chowdhary, over the past week.
Though Chowdhary released a final route map on Sunday, party insiders said that there would be changes, with party State Vice President Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy, and party General Secretary Peela Srinivasa Rao, belonging to politburo member Ayyana Patrudu’s faction, again locking horns at the meeting.
Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy is said to have openly vented his anger and demanded that Naidu walk through a few more areas in his constituency, including the Vizag Steel Plant, which was not included in the map. Peela Srinivasa Rao insisted instead that their chief walk through a few more areas of his choice.
Chowdhary, who was vested with the job of placating the two factions in the TD Vizag unit, had recently brokered peace between Satyanarayana and Peela Srinivasa Rao. Now, with the situation back to square one with this incident at the meeting on Sunday, political observers are of the opinion that these differences would cast a shadow on Naidu’s padayatra which is expected to enter Vizag from East Godavari in the second week of April.
“It’s going to be a tough task for Chowdhary to bring everyone on to a single platform. It’s a prestigious event in TD’s history and there should be no embarrassment to the chief who is going to end his six-month padayatra here,” said a senior TD leader.
Though the padayatra is supposed to enter Vizag district at Nathavaram on April 8 it is reliably learnt that it would be delayed by a further three days. TD has planned a huge public meeting on the concluding day of Naidu’s padayatra in Madhurawada.
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