Hyderabad: The ruling TRS party leadership is focusing on the forthcoming graduate MLC polls in Hyderabad, Mahabub Nagar, Ranga Reddy segment, and Warangal, Karim Nagar, and Nalgonda segment.
The election body is getting ready to announce a new voters list in the two segments which have around 5 lakhs of voters.
According to information Warangal segment has around 5 lakh voters and the list is expected on January 18. Similarly, the Hyderabad segment has about 4.48 lakh voters and its list is expected on 22 of this month. The terns of Palla Rajeshwar Reddy of the TRS and BJP Ramachandra Rao will expire on March 29 next.
The TRS is serious about winning the Hyderabad segment as it failed to clinch it in the past in 2007, 2009, and 2015 polls. TRS working President and minister KT Rama Rao have held a meeting with key leaders in this regard.
He directed them on the pros and cons of the graduate polls. In the Warangal segment, there is big competition as several persons keen to contest including — TJS Kodandaram, Inti Party Cheruku Sudhakar, Teenmar Mallanna, Jayasarathi Reddy, Rani Rudrama, and Ramulu Naik.
For the Hyderabad segment, those keen to contest are — Mayor Rammohan, Nagender Goud, Srinivas, Shubhaprau Patel, and Jagannath Reddy.
As the TRS to rope in Palla Rajeshwar Reddy from the Warangal segment it makes serious efforts to retain it. Also, the TRS boss and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao are keen that the party should win the Hyderabad segment.
Taking his cue KTR has instructed MLAs to coordinate with local leaders and take development programs to people. Infirm people of rapid growth and development being done by the government and ask for the support KTR has asked the local leaders. As the TRS claims of one-third graduate registered as voters at their behest, the BJP too made a similar claim.
SOURCE-NSS