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Bhumana made TTD chairman

Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday appointed Tirupati MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy as chairman of the Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam (TTD). He succeeds incumbent Y V Subba Reddy, whose term ended on Saturday.

Karunakar Reddy was the TTD chairman from 2006 to 2008, when late Y S Rajasekhar Reddy was the chief minister. He won from Tirupati as MLA in 2012 by-election following resignation of K Chiranjeevi, who became Rajya Sabha member after merging his Praja Rajyam Party in the Congress.

However, Karunakar Reddy lost the Tirupati Assembly seat to the TDP in the subsequent 2014 Assembly election by a margin of a little over 40,000 votes. In 2019 again, he contested on the YSR Congress ticket and won the seat by 708 votes majority.

Karunakar Reddy had been a staunch loyalist of Dr Rajasekhar Reddy and now Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. Sources say that Karunakar Reddy is retiring from active politics and is not ready to contest the 2024 general election. He is asking the ticket for his son in the next election and the TTD chairman was his last option.

Several leaders from the ruling YSR Congress aspired for the TTD chairman post. At one point it was widely said that BC leader Janga Krishna Murthy would be the next chairman of the TTD. Even for the former minister Siddha Raghava Rao’s name also figured as the top contestant for the post.

But, finally the chief minister cleared the candidature of Karunakar Reddy in the eleventh hour, putting an end to the speculation.

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Will Bhumana be sent to the Legislative Council?

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Will Bhumana be sent to the Legislative Council?

Interesting speculations are being made about the political future of senior YSRCP leader and Tirupati strongman Bhumana Karunakar Reddy. Those in the know say that YS Jagan is not inclined to repeat him as the party candidate from Tirupati assembly constituency due to the social issues.

Tirupati has a dominance of the Balija caste and in view of the possibility of a Jana Sena-TDP alliance by 2024, the YSRCP too should field a Balija. The last four winners from Tirupati preceding Bhumana – Chiranjeevi, Chadalawada Krishna Murthy, Venkata Ramana and Sugunamma – were all Kapus. Hence it is unlikely that Bhumana would be given the ticket again. His request to accommodate his son is also likely to be rejected for the same caste-related reason.

Though non-Kapus like NTR and Bhumana did win from Tirupati, Jagan wants to take no chance. Moreover, Bhumana could win from Tirupati by a slender margin of 700 votes despite a YSRCP wave sweeping the state. With such a slender margin, Bhumana’s position is very precarious.

Sources, however say that recognising his loyalty and services to the party, Bhumana could be sent to the upper house by giving him an MLC ticket. This will help Bhumana to stay in the state politics and lobby for a ministerial berth in YS Jagan government.

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For CBN, politics mean ‘Power’ – Bhumana

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For CBN, politics mean ‘Power’ – Bhumana

A key leader among the political circles in Tirupathi, Bhumana Karunakar Reddy came down hard at the AP CM Chandrababu Naidu. Speaking to the media today, the YSRCP leader has made sensational comments on Chandrababu Naidu.

‘One should win and come into power. It is not someone who one takes it because someone else throws alms at them. YS Jagan is not fighting to become the Chief Minister of the state, but to live the dreams what YS Rajasekhar Reddy has dreamt of.

Jagan is the only leader who stood all alone in 10 Janpath. No one can demoralize him, despite their valiant efforts. We should be like a helping hand to a leader like YS Jagan.

He already banished the Congress Party, by barging into its fortress across the state. With TDP it is just a matter of time. He will single-handedly defeat BJP. YSRCP’s principles are nothing but YSR’s thoughts. For Chandrababu Naidu, politics mean just ‘power’, said Bhumana.

It is nice of the YSRCP leader to boast about their supremo. At the same time, the so-called political leader has forgotten to speak about the ‘vote bank politics’, and ‘sensational’ comments made by YS Jagan.

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