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No chance for RRR to contest Narasapuram LS polls

No chance for RRR to contest Narasapuram LS polls

Uncertainty prevails over the fate of rebel YSR Congress party MP from Narasapuram parliamentary constituency Kanumuru Ragh Ramakrishna Raju in the next general elections in Andhra Pradesh, as it appears there are no takers for him.

Ever since Raju entered into a confrontation with YSRC president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy within months of the latter coming to power, there is no clarity on what his political future is.

He has been pampering both the Telugu Desam Party headed by former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena Party headed by power star Pawan Kalyan with a hope that he might get political rehabilitation in either party.

In fact, Raju also tried his luck in the Bharatiya Janata Party not only to gain protection from the Centre from the arrest by the state CID police but also to overcome the ED and IT cases in his alleged bank fraud cases. Though the BJP has been giving him protection, it is not entertaining its overtures.

Now, the latest information is that the rebel MP might not get the party ticket from either the TDP or Jana Sena from Narasapuram in the next elections.

According to sources, the TDP is likely to field Vetukuri Venkata Sivarama Raju, who lost to then YSRC candidate Raghu Ramakrishna Raju in 2019 general elections by a margin of 31,900 votes.

On the other hand, the Jana Sena Party is contemplating fielding Pawan Kalyan’s elder brother Naga Babu from Narasapuram.

In the event of an alliance between the TDP and Jana Sena, the either VVS Raju or Naga Babu will contest, but not Raghu Ramakrishna Raju.

The reason is simple: the rebel MP won’t be able to win the seat even if he contests on TDP or Jana Sena ticket, because he has hardly done anything for the constituency in the last three years because of his litigant attitude.

So, the only option left for Raju is to contest the assembly elections either from Bhimavaram or an adjacent constituency. But who will give him the ticket will be interesting to watch.

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