HYDERABAD: With the Congress sources claiming that Chiranjeevi has been virtually assured of a Rajya Sabha nomination, aspirants for a place in the upper house have began lobbying for the remaining three seats that the ruling party can expect to bag in the elections slated to take place in April next year.
The term of six members, Dasari Narayana Rao, Rashid Alvi, K Keshava Rao, G Sanjeeva Reddy (Congress), M V Mysura Reddy (TDP) and Syed Azeez Pasha (CPI) will be over on Apirl 2, 2012. Considering their respective strengths in the state Assembly, the Congress can bag four of the six seats while the TDP can be assured of the remaining two. Last time around, the Congress had given one seat to then ally CPI, a gesture that will not happen now as the two have parted ways.
After holding consultations between themselves for some
time in the AP Bhavan, the Chief Minister and the PCC chief called on
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and AICC general secretary Ghulam Nabi
Azad.
There were indications that all the four
nominees could be from the State itself. Party leaders hinted that that
the name of K. Chiranjeevi's name was almost finalised while former
Union Minister Renuka Chowdary's name figured prominently among the
probables.
There could be a surprise element as the
name of a former Minister from Telangana hailing from minority community
cropped up triggering speculation about the fate of former Minister Md.
Ali Shabbir. Former Speaker K.R. Suresh Reddy is another strong
contender.
The AICC was said to be reluctant to give
another term to Keshava Rao, Dasari Narayana Rao and G. Sanjeeva Reddy,
who are retiring.
Meanwhile, Telugu Desam president
N. Chandrababu Naidu said service to the party would be the main
criterion for the selection of candidates for the two Rajya Sabha seats
that the party could win with the strength it has in Assembly.
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