The surprising choice of Sunkara Pavani by the Telugu Desam Party leadership as the new Mayor of Kakinada Municipal Corporation on Saturday triggered unrest in the party.
Right from the beginning, everybody thought M Sesha Kumari, who got elected from division no. 38 would become the Mayor.
Reason: it was Sesha Kumari who had borne the expenditure of several corporators in the elections, following the assurance from TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu that she would be made the Mayor.
However, Naidu ditched her at the last moment and declared the name of Sunkara Pavani, who happens to be the wife of Kakinada TDP president Sunkara Tirumala Kumar.
Sources said there was a lot of negative feeling among the people towards Sesha Kumari, who had won the elections with the lowest margin of just 20 votes.
Yet, Sesha Kumari expected that she would become the Mayor. She openly attacked the party leadership for ditching her by making false promises.
It was a rude shock to her and soon after Pavani’s name was announced, Sesha Kumari broke down. She said every time, the party had ditched her after taking substantial money from her in the name of party fund.
“The party president has no confidence in me. But I will resign either from the party or from the corporator post. After all, I am loyal to people who elected me,” she said.
