Raghunandan Rao in a spot
1 year, 11 months ago

Raghunandan Rao in a spot

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Internal strife is yet again to the fore in the BJP in the Dubbak Assembly constituency with some party leaders accusing M. Raghunandan Rao, the party MLA of high-handedness and ignoring long-time party leaders and workers. It is learnt that they would approach the party leadership at the state level with an allegation that Raghunandan Rao was a BRS ‘covert’ operative in the BJP, and seek action against him with a plea that he not be given the party ticket in the next Assembly elections. At the core of the problem is believed to be, his followers claim is the speculation that there could be a change in the state party leadership with some in the party saying that the Dubbak MLA, along with a couple of others, could be front runners for the state party chief’s position in an expected reshuffle of party’s organisational leadership at the national level, and in some states. Raghunandan Rao’s followers say that this is a deliberate attempt to malign the reputation of their leader and that those claiming to be in the party and are opposed to him in the constituency, were not associated with the party since 2014, and never worked for the party in the 2014, 2018 elections, or in the 2020 byelection that saw Raghunandan win the Dubbak seat.

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