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It's Reddys vs Velamas in T land
TNN | Apr 19, 2011, 04.12am IST
HYDERABAD: Worried that the Reddy community would be marginalised in
the Telangana region if TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao and his
family continue to call the shots in the separate state movement,
several leaders from this forward community cutting across party lines
are rallying to dilute KCR's hold on the T movement.
Sunday's incident in Ranga Reddy district in which TRS activists
hurled eggs at the convoys of Union petroleum minister Jaipal Reddy
and home minister Sabita Indra Reddy is said to be an offshoot of this
clandestine war going on between the Reddys and the Velama communities
to which KCR belongs.
The Reddys are closing ranks by spreading across the message within
the community that it is only the KCR family (including son and
Sircilla MLA K Taraka Rama Rao and daughter and Telangana Jagruti
president K Kavita) and the Velama community, who would stand to
substantially gain as the Telangana movement gathers strength.
"Chandrasekhar Rao has already taken a stranglehold on the T movement.
In case he is able to deliver Telangana, there would be no political
growth in the region except that of the KCR clan and those of his
community," said a leader from the region.
In terms of numbers, the Velamas constitute a minor section of the
Telangana population while the Reddys are dominant both in numbers and
in clout.
"In order to break KCR's hold on the separate state movement, the
strategy is to strengthen the agitation under the political joint
action committee (JAC) headed by M Kodandaram. Towards this end, once
the TRS distanced itself from the million march held on March 10,
Jaipal Reddy and Sabita Indra Reddy have prevailed upon Kodandaram (a
Reddy himself) to ensure that the event was a success. That is the
reason why the TRS is targeting these two leaders in particular," said
the sources.
Attempting to use Kodandaram as the front man, Jaipal Reddy is said to
be playing a key role in getting together the leaders of his community
in the region.
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