HYDERABAD:
Telangana Jana Samithi which has decided to field its founder-president M
Kodandaram from Nalgonda-Warangal-Khammam graduates MLC constituency has sought the support of Congress, TDP, CPM, CPI and Telangana Inti Party.
The TJS is trying to ensure that Kodandaram makes his electoral debut as the consensus candidate of almost all the opposition parties to defeat the TRS from this MLC seat. However, none of these political parties has so far promised support to Kodandaram and only assured to get back to him after discussing the issue in the core committee meeting of their respective parties. On its part, the ruling TRS has deputed three ministers — G Jagadish
Reddy
, Errabelli Dayakar Rao and
Puvvada Ajay Kumar
— to ensure that Kodandaram does not win, who once led Telangana statehood agitation alongside K
Chandrasekhar
Rao. A few more ministers and MLAs are expected to get into campaigning mode after the election schedule is announced.
TJS general secretary G Venkat Reddy confirmed to TOI that they have written letters to all the political parties and have also met the state presidents of these parties. The party throwing its weight behind Kodandaram’s candidature may get TJS support in the by-poll to Dubbaka constituency.