Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Naidu tries to boost cadre's morale

By SNV Sudhir

Visakhapatnam, Dec 25, 2013 : TD chief N Chandrababu Naidu, who was in Vizag to attend the wedding of Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao’s daughter, used the opportunity to interact with local party leaders in the region and set them going for the 2014 polls.

Interestingly, he allowed almost everyone who desired to meet him a chance to do so and made efforts to boost the morale of the grassroots leaders who were worried over their sagging fortunes in the event of bifurcation, and the alleged dubious stance of Naidu on it.

He held a series of meetings with the party leaders of the district at a hotel after attending the wedding.

There were said to be enough fireworks during the interactions. Former minister and TD politburo member Ch Ayyana Patrudu, who met Naidu, said to have expressed his strong opposition to Ganta Srinivasa Rao’s rumoured entry into the party.

Rao and Patrudu are known rivals in the TD since the former was in the party before joining the erstwhile PRP. Patrudu has been openly expressing his opposition towards Rao’s re-entry. There are speculations that Ganta Srinivasa Rao due to the virtue of PRP merged in Congress has become a minister in the state cabinet has decided to return to TD.

 “Legendary NTR has launched TD 38 years back with so many good ideals. I wish that opportunists would not be entertained in the party. And it’s up to our leader N Chandrababu Naidu if he wants to take take in leaders who change colours too often,” Ayyana Patrudu told reporters after meeting Naidu at the hotel making indirect reference to Ganta Srinivasa Rao.


Meanwhile, TD MLA Payyavula Kesav hoped that the 2014 polls would be held in united Andhra Pradesh and the TD would regain its strength in both the regions of Seemandhra and Telangana. He stressed for the need to discuss the AP Reorganisation bill in the state assembly which he fely had many loopholes that needed to be pointed out. Rajyasabha member, CM Ramesh was confident that the state would not be divided before 2014 general elections. 

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