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Deccan Chronicle, 15 Oct., 2008
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Hyderabad, Oct. 13: A think-tank led by the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, and longtime friend, Dr K.V. P. Ramachandra Rao, is applying a new formula to select Congress candidates for the upcoming polls. The core group is doing some intelligent guesswork on the likely candidates which rival parties are going to field on a particular constituency and is drawing up a list of probable candidates who can take them on.
âWe cannot decide any particular candidate right now, and will have to wait and see what kinds of alliances we will be facing,â said a senior Congress leader. âWe are now preparing a list of probable candidates and we will choose one based on the candidate put up by the rival combine.â The Congress is expecting triangular fights with the Telugu Desam and Praja Rajyam in the coastal and Rayalaseema regions. Telangana presents a more complicated picture with the presence of the TRS and the NTPP.
In almost 40 constituencies where the Kapu community has an electoral advantage, Praja Rajyam candidates will have an advantage. For these areas, the Congress core group will consider prominent OBC candidates. It is also applying the formula for constituencies presently being held by non-Congress parties, and is looking out for âmigrantsâ in constituencies such as Nerella, Sircilla, and Dommat in Karimnagar district, where it has failed to groom good candidates in four years.
Similar exercises are also being taken up for other constituencies by the core group, in which the Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Mr D. Srinivas, the government chief whip, Mr N. Kirankumar Reddy, and the government financial advisor, Mr D.A. Somayajulu, are also members. This group will evaluate the surveys conducted by three agencies and also go through the prospects of Congress functionaries .
âWe are not finalising or shortlisting names as of now,â said Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy. âIt is only a review of the situation.â Dr Ramachandra Rao told this correspondent that the Chief Minister did not have any undue interest in selecting a particular candidate. âAll he wants is for the party to come back to power,â he said. The Chief Minister had engaged three private agencies, the staff of a regional newspaper as well as a television channel, to conduct surveys to know the thinking of the populace and the winning chances of MLAs.
<b>The core group is dividing its tentative list into three categories</b>, the first being those MLAs who would win if re-nominated. Some 60 out of 185 MLAs come in this category. Under the second category are those MLAs who will be good candidates but will find the going tough. Around 40 MLAs fall in this category. The third category consists of MLAs who would be rejected re-nomination since it is sure that they would bite the dust.
<b>There are also around 40 MLAs who would be denied tickets but whose support is necessary to get new candidates elected. The delimitation of the Assembly constituencies will also force the leadership to replace candidates in 45 assembly segments.</b>
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Deccan Chronicle, 15 Oct., 2008
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->YSR sets up candidates pool
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Hyderabad, Oct. 13: A think-tank led by the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, and longtime friend, Dr K.V. P. Ramachandra Rao, is applying a new formula to select Congress candidates for the upcoming polls. The core group is doing some intelligent guesswork on the likely candidates which rival parties are going to field on a particular constituency and is drawing up a list of probable candidates who can take them on.
âWe cannot decide any particular candidate right now, and will have to wait and see what kinds of alliances we will be facing,â said a senior Congress leader. âWe are now preparing a list of probable candidates and we will choose one based on the candidate put up by the rival combine.â The Congress is expecting triangular fights with the Telugu Desam and Praja Rajyam in the coastal and Rayalaseema regions. Telangana presents a more complicated picture with the presence of the TRS and the NTPP.
In almost 40 constituencies where the Kapu community has an electoral advantage, Praja Rajyam candidates will have an advantage. For these areas, the Congress core group will consider prominent OBC candidates. It is also applying the formula for constituencies presently being held by non-Congress parties, and is looking out for âmigrantsâ in constituencies such as Nerella, Sircilla, and Dommat in Karimnagar district, where it has failed to groom good candidates in four years.
Similar exercises are also being taken up for other constituencies by the core group, in which the Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Mr D. Srinivas, the government chief whip, Mr N. Kirankumar Reddy, and the government financial advisor, Mr D.A. Somayajulu, are also members. This group will evaluate the surveys conducted by three agencies and also go through the prospects of Congress functionaries .
âWe are not finalising or shortlisting names as of now,â said Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy. âIt is only a review of the situation.â Dr Ramachandra Rao told this correspondent that the Chief Minister did not have any undue interest in selecting a particular candidate. âAll he wants is for the party to come back to power,â he said. The Chief Minister had engaged three private agencies, the staff of a regional newspaper as well as a television channel, to conduct surveys to know the thinking of the populace and the winning chances of MLAs.
<b>The core group is dividing its tentative list into three categories</b>, the first being those MLAs who would win if re-nominated. Some 60 out of 185 MLAs come in this category. Under the second category are those MLAs who will be good candidates but will find the going tough. Around 40 MLAs fall in this category. The third category consists of MLAs who would be rejected re-nomination since it is sure that they would bite the dust.
<b>There are also around 40 MLAs who would be denied tickets but whose support is necessary to get new candidates elected. The delimitation of the Assembly constituencies will also force the leadership to replace candidates in 45 assembly segments.</b>
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