The TDP and Left parties have decided to complete the process of seat-sharing in the next two days so that they can kickstart the joint campaign.
Leaders of the two Left parties met TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday evening and discussed the claims and counter claims being made by each party on certain seats. They also reviewed the arrangements being made for the joint public meeting by alliance partners on March 9 on the city outskirts.
Sources point out that the Left party was demanding about 35 seats each while the TDP was willing to share only 35-40 seats with the two Left parties. The TDP, Left and TRS are locked in a controversy over certain seats particularly in the Telangana region. In many areas in Nalgonda, the Left, the TDP and the TRS are having common claims. For example, the TRS wants to contest from Bhongir and Suryapet which are considered to be strongholds of the TDP. Bhongir is represented by Uma Madhav Reddy, wife of slain TDP minister A Madhav Reddy. Similarly, Suryapet also has been a TDP bastion till 2004 when Congress wrested the seat.
The Alair seat is presently held by TRS but TDP leaders are putting pressure to get it back. Former minister M Narsimhulu is the contender from this seat.
In the Krishna district and in the north coastal region, the TDP and Left are eyeing certain constituencies. The TDP is insisting that whichever party had won in 2004 should contest from the same seats and no fresh claims on these seats be made. In case of other seats, they should go by the number of votes polled by each party in the last elections, the image of local candidates and the winning chances. Any miscalculation could become advantageous to the Congress party.
But the Left is unhappy over the TDP's delaying tactics. According to the Left party leaders, they had mediated between TRS and TDP to break the stalemate and made TDP agree over the number of seats it would concede to TRS before TRS made the final announcement to join the alliance. But when it came to finalising seats for Left parties, TDP had been dragging the matter and testing their patience.
However, Naidu told the media that the issue would be sorted out in the next two days and a joint announcement would be made on the issue. The CPM state secretary B V Raghavulu also endorsed the view. He said, in case there are some seats where no agreement can be arrived at the state level, the central leadership of Left parties will talk to Naidu and take a decision.
Leaders of the two Left parties met TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday evening and discussed the claims and counter claims being made by each party on certain seats. They also reviewed the arrangements being made for the joint public meeting by alliance partners on March 9 on the city outskirts.
Sources point out that the Left party was demanding about 35 seats each while the TDP was willing to share only 35-40 seats with the two Left parties. The TDP, Left and TRS are locked in a controversy over certain seats particularly in the Telangana region. In many areas in Nalgonda, the Left, the TDP and the TRS are having common claims. For example, the TRS wants to contest from Bhongir and Suryapet which are considered to be strongholds of the TDP. Bhongir is represented by Uma Madhav Reddy, wife of slain TDP minister A Madhav Reddy. Similarly, Suryapet also has been a TDP bastion till 2004 when Congress wrested the seat.
The Alair seat is presently held by TRS but TDP leaders are putting pressure to get it back. Former minister M Narsimhulu is the contender from this seat.
In the Krishna district and in the north coastal region, the TDP and Left are eyeing certain constituencies. The TDP is insisting that whichever party had won in 2004 should contest from the same seats and no fresh claims on these seats be made. In case of other seats, they should go by the number of votes polled by each party in the last elections, the image of local candidates and the winning chances. Any miscalculation could become advantageous to the Congress party.
But the Left is unhappy over the TDP's delaying tactics. According to the Left party leaders, they had mediated between TRS and TDP to break the stalemate and made TDP agree over the number of seats it would concede to TRS before TRS made the final announcement to join the alliance. But when it came to finalising seats for Left parties, TDP had been dragging the matter and testing their patience.
However, Naidu told the media that the issue would be sorted out in the next two days and a joint announcement would be made on the issue. The CPM state secretary B V Raghavulu also endorsed the view. He said, in case there are some seats where no agreement can be arrived at the state level, the central leadership of Left parties will talk to Naidu and take a decision.
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