TDP Won But Lost… YSRCP Lost But Won…

Ruling Party’s MPP Candidate Ankayya Defeated
YSRCP Captures Three SC Segments
Political Uncertainty Over Ozili MPP Post

AIMEDIA24.COM, (Tirupati – Representative): The selection of the MPP post in Ozili Mandal has now become an interesting topic of discussion in district politics. The Election Commission has reserved the Ozili Mandal MPP post for persons belonging to Scheduled Castes. In the Mandal, Chillamanuchenu, Venkatareddy Palem and Kurugonda segments were reserved for SCs. Bhatlakanupuru, ST General, Attivaram segments were reserved for ST Women. TDP announced Dara Ankayya from Kurugonda village, PACS President, as its MPP candidate. TDP fielded strong candidates in the segments reserved for SCs to win the MPP post. But as YSRCP candidates won in the SC segments fielded by TDP, the political equations changed and a strange situation arose. The situation after the election results seems to have given a new twist to the political equations. There are a total of 10 MPTC seats in the Mandal. Of these, Telugu Desam Party won 6, BJP won 1 seat, and YSRCP won 3 seats. With this, as TDP has no alternative MPTC members, there is a chance that the MPP post will go into YSRCP account. As a result, political analysts are describing that in Ozili Mandal, Telugu Desam Party won but lost, and YSR Congress Party lost but won. Political uncertainty has prevailed over the Ozili MPP post. YSRCP Hat-Trick in Three SC Segments: YSRCP candidates won in all three segments reserved for SCs and scored a hat-trick. In Kurugonda segment, YSRCP candidate Sriram Shrihari secured 1,248 votes and won with a majority of 296 votes over the TDP candidate (952 votes). TDP suffered a setback in Kurugonda itself, the native village of MPP candidate Ankayya. In Chillamanuchenu segment, YSRCP candidate Gajjela Narayanamma secured 1,162 votes and won with a majority of 225 votes over the TDP candidate (937 votes). In Venkatareddy Palem segment, YSRCP candidate Kakani Ravi won with a majority of 39 votes. With these three victories, the chance of the MPP post going into YSRCP account has further strengthened.

Will TDP Go For By-Election?: It can be said that TDP took the Mandal Parishad elections in Ozili Mandal prestigiously. It is reported that the MPP candidate bore the election expenses, campaign management and other expenses of the candidates contesting in the 10 segment seats in the Mandal. But in the election battle, people defeated the strategies of TDP and made YSRCP candidates win. With this, TDP’s situation has become like – if it goes forward, a well, if it goes back, a pit. According to information received by Prabhata Darshini, moves are being made to field Ankayya, who is aspiring for the MPP post, from Graddagunta seat. In this background, two issues – caste eligibility and numerical strength – are mainly coming up for discussion regarding the MPP post. According to the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, only a person belonging to that category can contest for the reserved MPP post. At the same time, that person must have been elected as an MPTC. Legal experts say that irrespective of which seat they were elected from, the caste eligibility of the person will be considered. In this situation, various discussions are going on in political circles. Concerned circles say that if an MPTC resigns voluntarily, that seat will become vacant, and after that a by-election will be held as per the rules. Election rules say that the by-election will also be held in the same category to which the vacant seat belongs. That means if a General seat becomes vacant, the by-election will also be held as a General seat. Anyone can contest in that by-election as per the rules. Legal experts explain that if a Scheduled Caste candidate wins from a General seat, he will be eligible for the MPP post. The by-election process will take some time. There are stages like resignation approval, vacancy announcement, State Election Commission notification, nomination, campaigning, polling, counting of votes. Officials estimate that this process may take two to three months in normal circumstances. As per the rules, the by-election must be held within six months from the date of vacancy. On the other hand, after the MPTC election results, the first meeting of the Mandal Praja Parishad must be held and MPP and Vice-MPP elections must be conducted. The rules say that this meeting must be held within 30 days from the date of results. In the same meeting, oath-taking as MPTCs, then MPP election and oath-taking will take place. In this background, political circles are eagerly waiting on when the MPP election will take place and how the by-election process will be. Officials have clarified that the final decision will be as per the State Election Commission notification and rules. TDP circles are expressing confidence in their numerical strength. YSRCP circles say they have eligible candidates. Which party’s candidate will be elected as MPP will depend on the rules process and election results in the coming days. Locally also there is discussion on this issue. People want the Mandal development and administration to run smoothly. Locals opine that whoever becomes MPP should focus on Mandal problems. Political observers feel that the political developments around the Ozili MPP post are likely to arouse more interest in the coming days. Everyone is closely watching every development within the scope of the rules.

Where Is The High Command’s Support For YSRCP Candidates?: Criticisms are gaining ground that the YSR Congress Party high command did not extend support to the candidates who contested in the local bodies in Ozili Mandal. There are criticisms that YSR Congress Party acted as if it was in the contest only for namesake, unable to compete with the ruling TDP candidates. There are criticisms that leaders who amassed lakhs of rupees when the party was in power, without contesting in the elections, pushed the workers into contests and tried to wash their hands off. In particular, it is notable that leaders of that party themselves are openly criticizing that some leaders handed over the ZPTC seat to the ruling party with their own hands and gained financial benefit of lakhs of rupees. There were no instances of leaders showing much interest in the case of MPTC candidates who acted like this even for the ZPTC seat. There are also criticisms that contesting candidates did not receive any help from the YSRCP high command in the background of political and personal differences between TDP and YSRCP leaders in the villages. It has earned disrepute that even the financial help required for campaigning for a contesting candidate was not given. It is notable that YSR Congress Party candidates in Chillamanuchenu, Venkatareddy Palem, Kurugonda segments entered the contest with affection for the party. In those segments, leaders – mainly in Chillamanuchenu, with the initiative of Ramprasad Raju, Rammurthy Raju, Subbarayudu made his wife Narayanamma win. In Venkatareddy Palem segment, for Kakani Ravi, Kondavellipadu former Sarpanch Konduru Prabhakar Raju, Bhatlakanupuru YSRCP youth leader Gudla Venkata Reddy, in Kurugonda village, Arani Dilip Kumar Reddy, Uma Reddy, Ravi Reddy and others who faced severe coercion from the ruling party, played a key role by giving financial support in making that segment MPTC win. It is notable that the party high command leaders did not have confidence that YSRCP candidates in those segments would win. Whatever it is, it is notable that the voters in the Mandal showed their voting pattern in such a way that they made TDP win in the Mandal but gave the MPP post to YSRCP candidates.