Hyderabad: The TRS is gearing up party machinery to prevent the Congress from winning any Lok Sabha seat in the state.
Nalgonda MP G. Sukhender Reddy had won the seat on a Congress ticket but shifted his loyalty to the TRS after the results. Though TRS candidate K. Vishweshwar Reddy won the Chevella MP seat, he quit the party just before the Assembly elections and joined the Congress.
With these developments, for the TRS leadership a win in Chevella is a prestige issue and it is working out a strategy.
Compared to 2014, the party position has considerably improved in Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar and Ranga Reddy districts and party leaders are confident they will get through in Adilabad.
Though the TRS had won only one Assembly segment in Khammam Lok Sabha seat, Independent candidate Mr L. Ramulu, who had won from Wyra segment, has already joined the TRS and Telugu Desam MLAs Mr Sandra Venkata Veeraiah and Mr M. Nageswara Rao from Sathupalli and Aswaraopeta segments respectively will also be looking at joining the TRS.
With the joining of the Independent MLA from Ramgundam segment under Peddapalli Lok Sabha, the strength of the TRS in the seat reaches to six segments.
Mr Rajeshwar Reddy said Mr Rao will commence his preparatory meetings from Karimnagar Lok Sabha and “these meetings are aimed at preparing party cadre and leaders and not for discussing selection of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls”.
He said the party chief will select candidates and the minister of the district concerned will be in charge of the meeting. In districts where there are no ministers, the party chief will take responsibility of preparatory meets.
