One of the reasons for the discord between the two parties is said to be the BJP's choice for Narsapur Lok Sabha seat.
The BJP fielded Gokaraju Ganga Raju for the seat, denying ticket to another industrialist K Raghurama Krishnam Raju who joined the party recently from the YSRC.
The TDP wanted Krishnam Raju as the alliance candidate as part of a political game plan to corner not only the YSRC but also Congress MP K V P Ramachandra Rao, a close relative of Raju.
Krishnam Raju filed four sets of nominations today, two each as TDP and BJP candidate, after talking to Chandrababu Naidu this morning. His wife Rama Devi also filed nominations as TDP and BJP candidate.
Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, son of former Union Minister K Yerran Naidu, who is the TDP candidate from Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency, told Chandrababu that the BJP's nominee for Ichchapuram Assembly seat V Balakrishna stood no chance of winning.
“We are unnecessarily forgoing an Assembly seat which will have an impact on the parliamentary seat as well,” Rammohan reportedly lamented.
Similar is the case in Rajahmundry (Urban), where the TDP denied ticket to its senior leader Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary to accommodate the BJP.
BJP's candidate A Satyanarayana, according to TDP leaders, is considered to be very weak.
“We will be giving the seat to the rivals (read YSR Congress) on a platter,” Gorantla, TDP's Rajahmundry Lok Sabha candidate M Murali Mohan reportedly told Chandrababu.
Interestingly, Gorantla today filed his nomination from Rajahmundry (Urban) as the TDP candidate, a move that is seen as a pressure tactic to force the BJP to change its candidate.
In Kaikaluru, sitting TDP MLA Jayamangala Venkata Ramana was made to “sacrifice” his seat in favour of BJP.But the TDP cadre is said to be unhappy over the selection of K Srinivasa Rao by the BJP. In Guntakal, there is trouble within the BJP as well over the nomination of Venkatramaiah as the candidate. BJP cadre called Venkatramaiah an “outsider” who did not even have membership of the party.
They termed the decision to field him a “conspiracy” to scuttle the TDP-BJP alliance and tacitly help the YSRC.
