KADAPA: As Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is expected to fill nominated posts soon, NDA leaders of the district have intensified their efforts for the coveted posts.
As the competition for the nominated posts has become fierce, the aspirants are going to any length to grab the attention of the Chief Minister. Some of the aspirants have appointed lobbyists and public relations managers to run their campaigns effectively.
They are actively posting their participation in the NDA activities and the mass outreach programmes on social media with an aim to be visible and get recognition from the party leadership.
The NDA leadership is said to be conducting internal surveys to assess the popularity and the support base of the aspirants for the allotment of the nominated posts. The exercise to filter the aspirants for the nominated posts has temporarily come to a halt due to the recent floods in Krishna and Guntur.
In the elections, the NDA has won seven out of 10 Assembly seats in Kadapa district, which is a YSRC bastion. TDP leaders who failed to get party tickets to contest the elections as part of the seat-sharing agreement among the TDP-JSP-BJP combine and the second rung leaders are now focused on securing nominated posts.
Some of them have even claimed that they sustained huge loss due to the alleged harassment during the previous YSRC regime in their pursuit for nominated posts.
TDP leaders VS Ameer Babu, G Lakshmi Reddy and S Durgaprasad Rao of Kadapa, N Varadarajulu Reddy, M Linga Reddy and CM Suresh Naidu of Proddaur are vying for nominated posts. Meanwhile, Bhupesh Subbarami Reddy is also hoping to secure a nominated post after his uncle C Adinarayana Reddy won the Jammalamadugu seat on the BJP ticket.
In Pulivendula, former MLC BTech Ravi is among the aspirants for the nominated posts. Badvel in-charge K Vijayamma and her son K Ritesh Reddy are also lobbying for a post.
In Rayachoti, former MLA G Dwarkanath Reddy is hopeful of getting a nominated post after being overlooked in the last elections. All the aspirants of the TDP-JSP-BJP combine have intensified their lobbying to secure nominated posts and bolster their political career, an analyst observed.