The posters that appeared in Guntur district welcoming Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi president Manda Krishna Madiga on the occasion of its public meeting – Kurukshetra Maha Sabha – in front of Acharya Nagarjuna University gate created ripples in the Telugu Desam Party.
For, the posters had the pictures of former minister and Telugu Desam Party MLA Ravela Kishore Babu, as if he is welcoming Manda Krishna.
The MRPS has chosen Guntur for the meeting only to attack TDP president and chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for dodging on the issue of categorisation of SC reservations. Naturally, the posters with Ravela’s pictures would be an embarrassment to Naidu.
Ever since he was dropped from the Naidu cabinet, Ravela has been keeping away from the party activities, though he did not stage any open revolt against Naidu. But he apparently sought to register his protest for being sidelined in the party by supporting Manda Krishna.
There are reports that Ravela himself was behind the entire public meeting and he had provided the financial assistance to Krishna Madiga.
However, the TDP leaders are trying to play down Ravela’s pictures on the MRPS posters, saying that he had just extended moral support to Manda Krishna, because he was also from Madiga community. If Ravela attends the rally and makes any controversial remarks, then the party would think of disciplinary action, they said.
