Naidu’s PA and others resign after Kuppam loss

The Telugu Desam Party, and especially Chandrababu Naidu, faced an unexpected and humiliating failure in the Kuppam assembly constituency in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. This is Chandrababu Naidu’s own constituency, and after the party failed to win in the gram panchayat elections, a review meeting was held on Tuesday, ahead of Naidu’s visit to Kuppma, from February 25th to 27th.

Several party members lashed out at the party leaders who were responsible for the Kuppam debacle. Several leaders were given the responsibility of Kuppam, to make sure that the party wins the elections. One of them is Naidu’s secretary P Manohar, who quit his post as Naidu’s PA after he couldn’t take the backlash from the other members of the party anymore.

Manohar said that Naidu wanted him to continue in his post, but that he chose not to, and someone from Tirupati will be taking his position from Monday and will be looking into the party’s activities in Kuppam. Manohar said that while he may not be Naidu’s PA anymore, he would be in the party at a lower capacity.

Another TDP leader in-charge of Kuppam, P S Muniratnam, also announced his stepping down from the party. He said that he would no longer continue in the party and that he wouldn’t even join another party. Muniratnam said that he could have made a lot of money by joining rival parties, but he didn’t because he already has enough money.

TDP legislative council member G Srinivasulu also stepped down from his post and said that he would continue at a lower position in the party, following his failure to make sure that the TDP wins.

Several TDP workers lashed out at the party leaders on their failure. They said that the party leaders were eager to earn money when the party was in power, but were the least bit bothered about the party’s future and supporting it when the party is not in power.