The TDP cadre in Eluru Lok Sabha constituency are in a fix. For the last three years, ex-MP Maganti Babu has been inactive due to various reasons. But at a time when Chandrababu Naidu is talking about infusing new blood into the party, Babu has come out of hibernation and has announced that he is in the race for the MP seat in the 2024 elections. This has left the party cadre fretting and fuming.
Maganti Babu won as an MP in 2014 and lost in 2019. The biggest complaint against Maganti Babu is that he is not accessible to the party cadre when they need him most. Not just that. He is also accused of fomenting groupism in the party. Many party workers feel that it was because of his group politics that the TDP had lost in Polavaram, Chintalapudi and Denduluru assembly constituencies
The party workers are said to be opposed to the reentry of Maganti Babu into active politics. They feel that all these three years, Babu has not been active in the party. He played no role in the local body elections in the district and left the party cadre to their fate. Now, with elections just two years away, he has suddenly become active.
The party cadre have reportedly told Chandrababu Naidu that they are not ready to work for Maganti Babu one more time. They feel that the party should give a ticket to a new candidate in line with Chandrababu's plan of encouraging youth in 2024 elections. It remains to be seen what Chandrababu will do.
Maganti Babu won as an MP in 2014 and lost in 2019. The biggest complaint against Maganti Babu is that he is not accessible to the party cadre when they need him most. Not just that. He is also accused of fomenting groupism in the party. Many party workers feel that it was because of his group politics that the TDP had lost in Polavaram, Chintalapudi and Denduluru assembly constituencies
The party workers are said to be opposed to the reentry of Maganti Babu into active politics. They feel that all these three years, Babu has not been active in the party. He played no role in the local body elections in the district and left the party cadre to their fate. Now, with elections just two years away, he has suddenly become active.
The party cadre have reportedly told Chandrababu Naidu that they are not ready to work for Maganti Babu one more time. They feel that the party should give a ticket to a new candidate in line with Chandrababu's plan of encouraging youth in 2024 elections. It remains to be seen what Chandrababu will do.