HYDERABAD, MARCH 26. If it was intended to send a signal that there was no discontent over his candidature among division-level party leaders and workers, the massive rally that preceded the filing of nomination by the Telugu Desam candidate, Talasani Srinivas Yadav, for Secunderabad Assembly constituency on Friday succeeded in the attempt.
Flanked by the Mayor, T. Krishna Reddy, the city TDP president C. Pratap Reddy, and the BJP city president, Venkataramani, Mr. Yadav, who was standing in an open top jeep, was cheered by party workers all the way.
The procession, which began at Sitaphalmandi junction and passed through all the 14 divisions in the constituency, looked like a victory rally with drum beats, bursting of crackers and showering of flowers. Vehicular traffic had to come to a halt or take a diversion near Chilakalguda and Mylargadda when the procession took its own time to pass the area.
A huge gathering waited in front of the Municipal Corporation office for the arrival of Mr. Yadav right from noon. Around 2 p.m., Mr. Yadav filed four sets of nomination papers.
Mr. Yadav thanked the party leadership for allotting the ticket for the third time and said he was confident of victory.
Development works taken up by the TDP Government, provision of basic amenities in the constituency, including roads, drinking water, drainage, development of twin cities as a model one in the country and his accessibility to people would make his win easier, he said.
He challenged that even if leaders Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and D. Srinivas (Congress) or the TRS leader, K. Chandrasekhara Rao, contested together against him, he would win the seat hands down.
He predicted that the Congress would draw a blank in the city in the coming elections.
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