GHMC polls: TRS dumps 7 corporators, keeps MLAs’ wives guessing

HYDERABAD: While maintaining suspense on announcing the names of candidates, including family members of MLAs and mayor Bonthu Rammohan’s spouse, the TRS on Thursday released the second list of candidates with 20 names. The party announced the first list of 105 candidates on Wednesday night. Till now, the party has announced 125 candidates’ names out of the total 150 wards.
The third list with the rest of 25 names is expected by Thursday night.In the first list, the party has given tickets to the sitting corporators except in four divisions. In the second list, seven sitting TRS corporators were denied tickets. In Secunderabad assembly constituency, which is being represented by deputy speaker T Padma Rao, the party announced new candidates Prasanna Laxmi (Addagutta), R Sunitha (Mettuguda) and Kandi Sailaja (Boudhanagar).
In Sanathnagar constituency, represented by minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Begumpet ticket has been allotted to Maheshwari Srihari. The TRS replaced sitting candidates with freshers in Balanagar, Vivekanandanagar and Begum Bazar divisions.
Party sources said the sitting corporators were denied tickets due to poor performance and differences with local MLAs. Sitting TRS corporators retained tickets in Mallapur, Ramanthapur, Sulemannagar, Shastripuram, Rajendranagar, Himayatnagar, Baghamberpet, Shaikpet, Serilingampally, Vinayaknagar and Kukatpally.
No decision has been taken on Charlapally where Rammohan’s wife Sridevi Yadav, Uppal MLA Bethi Subash Reddy’s wife Swapna’s candidature from Habsiguda and Amberpet MLA Kaleru Venkatesh’s wife Padma’s candidature from Golnaka division.