Congress drops K, K candidates for TD and PRP
The Congress leadership seems to have taken serious look into the social background of every candidate in its selection for the Assembly and Lok Sabha seats. The party leadership is understood to have considered the social combinations and tried to accommodate those who have been with the party rather than giving representation to the castes that are with the rival parties. In this connection, the Congress had cut the size of the Kammas and the Kapus, who are mostly with the Telugu Desam and Praja Rajyam Party, while keeping intact the other castes.
The party had cleared names for all 42 Lok Sabha seats, while it had kept four Assembly seats in abeyance, names for 290 seats were cleared. The Congress had named 87 Reddy candidates, which was 75 in the 2004 elections, while it had brought down the Kamma representation to 16 from 26 in the last elections. The Kapus too were cut to size in the Congress list as only 15 candidates were given ticket against 24 in 2004 elections.
Among the other upper castes, the Congress had reduced the Kshatriyas from 9 in the previous elections to 7 now, while the number of Vysyas has increased to 4 this time against 3 in the last elections, followed by Velamas whose number had gone up to 8 from 5 in the last elections and Brahmins to 4 from 2 previous elections.
The BCs number had considerably gone up this time by 26 seats this time with 66 BC candidates getting tickets against 43 in the 2004 elections. The Yadava community got the highest number of 11 seats against 4 in 2004, followed by Munnuru Kapus whose number had gone up to 9 against 3, Gowdas to 7 against 2, Mudiraj to 6 against 1 and Padmasali to 4 against 3. The fishermen who could not find place in the 2004 elections, were now given the party ticket in three places. Among other BCs, Kalinga and Boya were also given due representation.
In the Scheduled Castes, the Congress had given representation to 6 each to Lambada and Koya sub-sects and 7 seats to the other small ST castes, which, the party feels would help in getting the small sects moved in favour of the party. The Minorities too have walked with lion’s share as the party had named 16 candidates this time against just 8 in the last elections.
The party had also tried to maintain balance between the two warring SC groups of Malas and Madigas by giving them equal representation. However, the party had failed to recognize the other sub-sects in the SC lists.
It is now to be seen how this caste combination works for the Congress in facing the united Opposition and filmy Praja Rajyam Party.
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