Ganta Srinivasa Rao rues being offered Cheepurupalli seat

Ahead of the general elections, the dissent in the opposition leaders and cadre appears to be springing up slowly, partly due to the seat-sharing arrangement the TDP has with the Jana Sena Party. Expectedly, TDP is facing some resistance from its party leaders.
The TDP is making a few changes in the allocation of seats and asking the ticket aspirants to make room for the new candidates for the sake of alliance. TDP leadership’s recent order to shift his political base from Visakhapatnam to Cheepurupalli has not gone down well with the party MLA and former minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao.
Srinivasa Rao was eyeing a ticket from Visakhapatnam or Anakapalli segment. Now, the leadership’s command has disappointed him. Visibly upset TDP MLA poured his heart out in front of the reporters in a press conference here on Thursday.
“I was planning to contest the Assembly elections from Visakhapatnam North Assembly constituency. However, the party leadership asked me to fight the elections from Cheepurupalli assembly seat. I have not decided on this yet. As Cheepurupalli is far away from Visakha, so I am still contemplating this offer,” said Srinivasa Rao.
The former minister further added that he would apprise the party leadership of his opinion on the assembly constituency. Contrary to media reports, the seat-sharing talks of the TDP-JanaSena combine have not been finalised yet. The alliance has finalised four MLA seats only, he emphasised.
Sources say that in many other Assembly constituencies too the dissent is visible within the party of both the alliance partners.