With KTR inviting Harish Rao to the party programme in his constituency and praising him, everyone thought that the TRS official family's unofficial ban on nephew T Harish Rao would end. After all, Harish has been banished from TRS mouthpiece Namaste Telangana and its TV channel T News. So, many felt Harish would be rehabilitated in the party.
However, the latest developments showed that the KCR family is still peeved with Harish. On Sunday, KCR announced two more candidates. For Zaheerabad, he nominated Manik Rao, who contested and lost narrowly to Geetha Reddy last time. Now this is being seen as shock for Harish as his protégé and SC, ST commission chief Errollla Srinivas has been denied a ticket. Errolla had even met KTR to say that he is not aligned with Harish Rao, but to no avail.
Sources also say that the party chief KCR's decision to give Malakpet ticket to Chava Satish Kumar is aimed more at helping ally MIM than to win the seat. KCR want Chava Satish to cut into the Hindu votes so that MIM candidate Ahmed Balala is benefited.
However, the latest developments showed that the KCR family is still peeved with Harish. On Sunday, KCR announced two more candidates. For Zaheerabad, he nominated Manik Rao, who contested and lost narrowly to Geetha Reddy last time. Now this is being seen as shock for Harish as his protégé and SC, ST commission chief Errollla Srinivas has been denied a ticket. Errolla had even met KTR to say that he is not aligned with Harish Rao, but to no avail.
Sources also say that the party chief KCR's decision to give Malakpet ticket to Chava Satish Kumar is aimed more at helping ally MIM than to win the seat. KCR want Chava Satish to cut into the Hindu votes so that MIM candidate Ahmed Balala is benefited.