The emotional outburst by the disgruntled former Karimnagar Zilla Parishad chairperson Tula Uma against the BJP for replacing her with former Maharashtra Governor and Union Minister Ch Vidyasagar Rao’s son, Dr. Ch. Vikas Rao, as the party candidate from Vemulawada Assembly seat set off a political storm.
Ms. Uma is known as a close follower of BJP State Election Campaign Committee chairman and Huzurabad MLA Etala Rajender. She joined the BJP along with Mr. Rajender, parting ways with the ruling BRS in 2021.
Seething with anger at the way the BJP leadership replaced her at the “eleventh hour” from the Vemulawada Assembly seat on the last day of filing of nominations on Friday, an aggrieved Ms. Uma slammed the BJP local leadership accusing it of showing its callous disregard for empowerment of BCs and women.
