Political heat in Telangana continues to be high even after the conclusion of voting for Parliament elections as the stakes are high for the Graduate Member of Legislative Council (MLC) for the Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda constituency.
The bypoll to be held on May 27 will be a test for the ruling Congress party to prove its following among the educated section while the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) is keen on retaining the seat that it held till recently. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which claims to have a huge following among the educated voters, will also have to prove its strength.
The bypoll was necessitated after BRS MLA Palla Rajeshwar Reddy resigned as MLC after he won from the Jangaon constituency in the recent Assembly elections. He had won the seat two years ago amid allegations of extensive money distribution to educated voters. The BRS was eager to defeat Telangana Jana Samiti (TJS) president M. Kodandaram and Chintapandu Naveen, also known as Teenmaar Mallanna. Both were known to be strong critics of the then Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
