Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s recent visit to Warangal to lay foundation stone for mega textile park and address a massive public meeting might be a huge success, but it resulted in serious differences within the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
The three-decade old rivalry between two senior TRS MLAs – Konda Surekha and Errabelli Dayakar Rao, surfaced once again with the former on Wednesday accusing the latter of spreading rumours about her resignation from the party.
Both the leaders have defected from two different parties – Konda Surekha from YSR Congress party and Errabelli from the Telugu Desam Party. Both are struggling to retain their identity in the TRS and trying to gain hold in the party.
During the recent visit of KCR to Warangal, both Errabelli and Konda factions tried to put up a big show by mobilising crowds.
The area where KCR laid foundation stone for the textile park falls under Konda constituency, but the crowd mobilisation was mostly done by Errabelli Pradeep Rao, brother of Dayakar Rao.
After the meeting, there was a strong speculation in the media circles that Pradeep would replace Surekha in Warangal (East) constituency in the next elections and that he had got an assurance from KCR to that effect.
The reports also said Surekha might quit the TRS and return to the Congress, her parent party.
This has angered Surekha. “There is no question of leaving the TRS which has given me second political life. Errabelli is trying to defame us and spreading rumours against us. We shall not allow Errabelli to gain any upper hand in the district,” she said.
