AP opposition Mahakootami in tatters
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu’s grand alliance or Mahakootami, as the media dubbed it, is now in total disarray.
Naidu formed the grand opposition alliance with his TDP, TRS, CPI and CPM with the ostentatious aim of defeating the Congress party. They touted themselves as the Third Front in Indian politics.
With great fanfare, they conducted seat sharing negotiations. Finally, each party was adamant for its own share of seats and forgot the overall objective of the Mahakootami.
First, the TRS unilaterally announced its candidates in the constituencies of its choice. Then CPM followed suit and issued B forms to its candidates. The CPI looked dazed but released its own list.
Today, the last day of filing nominations, TDP issued B forms to its candidates to file their nominations in constituencies originally reserved by Mahakootami to TRS, CPM and CPI.
Though the leaders of all the four parties say that negotiations are still in progress as some may withdraw their candidature, the possibility appears to be remote.
There are reports that Naidu became tough with his Mahakootami allies on seat sharing after the phenomenal success of the election campaign of NTR Jr.
There are allegations that K Chandrasekhar Rao sold the seats to the incumbents. The TRS candidate for Secunderabad LS constituency is said to have publicly admitted that he paid Rs 10 Crore to KCR to get his seat. This issue had gone to the notice of Election Commission which had taken a suo motu decision to investigate into the issue.
To add insult to injury, rebel candidates of TDP and TRS also filed their nominations, while there is an exodus of activists to other parties from CPM and CPI.
Even as Mahakootami lies in tatters, the question is, which voter is going to trust any of the constituent parties of Mahakootami?
It looks like that the ultimate electoral battle in the ensuing general elections is between Congress and the Praja Rajyam Party.
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