| Babli yatra hits TD campaign in bypolls |
| Sunday, 18 July 2010 11:29 |
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The Babli yatra by the Telugu Desam Party affected its election campaign in Sirpur (T), Mancherial and Chennur assembly constituencies Adilabad district which are going for by-elections.
Most of the top and popular leaders from Telangana region like T Devender Goud, Nama Nageshwarrao and Ramesh Rathod, who campaigned before the launch of yatra were held up in Maharashtra as part of Babli yatra. The TDP contesting candidates have become handicapped with the absent of top leaders in the campaign. For the last two days the top leaders of Telugu Desam held up in Dharmabad of Maharashtra and it is not clear when they returned to state and take part in the election campaign.
Contesting candidates of TDP are in tizzy as their ‘star campaigners’ were absent at meetings and the latter forced to campaign without senior leaders. Devender Goud was given responsibility coordination for by-elections in the Telangana region as he was senior leader from the region and belonging to Backward Community.
The absence of top leaders reduced the enthusiasm among the local cadre of Telugu Desam those taking part in the campaign as voting date is coming nearer. According to reliable sources, TDP cadre and second rung leaders are planning to welcome their leaders those participating in the Babli yatra for campaigning in the by-election after returning to district from Babli yatra.
It is learnt that TDP leaders are going to present their ‘Babli’ yatra as TDP’s support to the separate Telangana state during their election campaign while questioning the TRS for not agitating over Babli issue though it was disastrous for the farmers of the Telangana.
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