TDP banking on alliance partners to defeat YSRCP MP in Vizianagaram
The Hindu
Vizianagaram gears up for intense electoral battle between YSRCP and TDP, both fielding Turpu Kapu community candidates.
Vizianagaram, once a Princely State, is all set to witness a high-pitched electoral battle between the ruling YSRCP and the opposition TDP.
While the YSRCP fielded sitting MP Bellana Chandrasekhar again for the prestigious Vizianagaram Lok Sabha segment, the TDP gave its ticket to Kalisetti Appalanaidu, who had previously headed TDP’s North Andhra internal training centre, which helped him to get acquainted with all leaders of the region. Interestingly, both the leaders belong to the Turpu Kapu community which has a sizable population in the district.
Mr. Chandrasekhar, who hails from Cheepurupalli, is an advocate by profession and became an MP by defeating TDP’s heavyweight Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju in 2019 by 48,036 votes.
The ruling party candidate exudes confidence that the developmental activities taken up using his MPLAD funds and the State government’s welfare schemes will have a positive impact on the voters and that he would win the seat with a comfortable majority.
The TDP candidate, on the other hand, started his career as a journalist and was the chairman of the Ponduru Market Committee. While he had been striving hard for the party ticket in Etcherla, TDP’s decision to field him for the Lok Sabha seat, thanks to the party’s senior leader and former Union Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju’s decision not to contest the election, came as a big surprise to him.
Mr. Appalanaidu, who came to the limelight with his service activities during COVID-19, is hopeful of winning the seat as TDP has a solid vote bank in all Assembly constituencies of the Lok Sabha segment, such as Vizianagaram, Gajapathinagaram, Bobbili, Rajam, Cheepurupalli, Etcherla and Nellimarla.
His party’s alliance with the JSP and BJP is also said to be an added advantage for him since the alliance parties have received around 55,000 votes in previous general elections.
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