Andhra Politics - Congress ;TDP;PRP;TRS

Kuppam constituency had been Chandra Babu’s fort for the past few decades. Even when the entire party was in crisis in the year 2004, Chandra Babu could win with a majority of 60K from Kuppam. No one ever doubted that Chandra Babu would lose from Kuppam. However, recent developments suggest that Chandra Babu is losing his grip on this constituency. This situation rose because of the special interest of Chief Minister Rajasekhar who is very keen to defeat Chandra Babu in Kuppam or least reduce his majority drastically in the next elections. To this effect, YSR has successfully attracted many members from TDP into his own party, mainly through monetary offers from the Government.

Chandra Babu who was confident in the initial days, has realized that he is losing his grip in Kuppam and decided to take some damage prevention measures to prevent further migrations into Congress. Being the President of TDP, it is not possible for him to concentrate on Kuppam and thus he decided to send some one else on his behalf to completely look after the party proceedings in the constituency.

After few deliberations, Babu and his party members decided Lokesh, Chandra Babu’s only son to be the most suitable candidate for this work. Lokesh had never been into politics and was attending a school in US for the past few years. Now, according to TDP sources, he might work in Kuppam to get back the hold on this constituency. This would be informal and Lokesh will not join in the party and thus in not officially ‘into politics’.

Another ‘heriditary political family’ can be seen in the near future.

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