Kakinada:There is growing competition for the Zilla Parishad chairperson posts in Eluru and Kakinada districts, with leaders of the Telugu Desam and Jana Sena seeking the positions for their preferred candidates.
In Eluru district, Denduluru MLA Chintamaneni Prabhakar is reportedly making efforts to secure the chairperson post for his daughter Sai Navya Sri. His followers have already begun campaigning for her candidature.
Former MLA Ganta Murali is also confident of securing the post for his daughter Jahnavi. Both Prabhakar and Murali belong to the same social community and are senior Telugu Desam leaders. There are reports that party workers are placing bets on the outcome of the contest.
In Kakinada district, Peddapuram ZPTC member Burra Sunitha Divya Raju is seeking the chairperson post. Jana Sena leaders, including Kakinada MP T. Uday Srinivas and Kakinada Rural MLA Pantham Venkateswara Rao, are reportedly seeking the post for her by putting pressure on the party leadership.
However, Telugu Desam leader Pilli Anantha Lakshmi, a two-time former MLA who won the ZPTC election from Kakinada Rural, is also seeking the post.
Telugu Desam leaders said the party high command had put pressure on Anantha Lakshmi to contest the ZPTC election with an assurance that she would be considered for the Zilla Parishad chairperson post.
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