Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections 2024 | Row over ‘local’ Balija candidate for Tirupati in TDP-Jana Sena camp
The Hindu
The dilemma over choosing the Telugu Desam Party-Jana Sena Party (TDP-JSP) alliance candidate for the Tirupati Assembly constituency is expected to prolong for a few more days than expected, keeping the aspirants in wait with a bated breath.
The dilemma over choosing the Telugu Desam Party-Jana Sena Party (TDP-JSP) alliance candidate for the Tirupati Assembly constituency is expected to prolong for a few more days than expected, keeping the aspirants in wait with a bated breath.
Suspense is inevitable in an alliance, going by which party can present the best candidate who can strike the right chord with the constituents in terms of caste equations, apart from their financial strength and muscle power.
Strangely in Tirupati, caste is the single point on which both the TDP and Jana Sena have agreed upon. The parties have no qualms in pitting a candidate from the numerically-dominant Balija community, the Rayalaseema version of Kapu, and have been on a protracted exercise.
Amid expectations of Jana Sena Party leader Pawan Kalyan himself jumping into the fray from Tirupati, which was neither confirmed, nor denied, the TDP conducted an IVRS survey by giving four multiple choice options to mobile phone users, all of them from the same community. When the outcome lacked clarity, another set of names was released, which further confused the party high command, the voters and even the aspirants.
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