Telugu Desam Party president and AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu might be trying hard to split the YSR Congress party MLAs to win the fourth Rajya Sabha seat, but he is facing a tough time in selecting the candidates for the three seats his party can win.
There is a heavy competition for the three seats with several aspirants making a beeline to Naidu, wherever he goes.
When Naidu was in Delhi last week, a group of TDP leaders from Kurnool met him and requested him to nominate former minister T G Venkatesh for Rajya Sabha. Naidu, who had reports that Venkatesh had tried to join the YSR Congress party, did not evince much interest in him.
Similarly, former minister Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad also met Naidu and requested him to consider his name for the RS seat under SC quota.
Former minister J R Pushparaj from Guntur is also seriously lobbying for the post under the same quota. Former MLA from Chittoor Hemalatha also put forth her request under women’s quota.
Another former minister N Md Farooq from Kurnool and Mothkupalli Narasimhulu from Nalgonda are also in the race for RS seat.
Let us see who will be the lucky candidate.
