Former Minister Paritala Sunitha’s son Paritala Sriram, who unsuccessfully contested the 2019 Assembly elections from Rapthadu constituency of Anantapur district, has emerged the sole contender for the post of party in-charge for the Dharmavaram Assembly constituency.
After two days of consultations with party cadre in the Dharmavaram Assembly constituency, several leaders favoured Mr. Sriram as in-charge to lead the party unit in the constituency with the exit of former Dharmavaram MLA Gonuguntla Suryanarayana (Varadapuram Suri) joining the BJP, said party district president B.K. Parthasarathi at a press conference here on Wednesday.
“Based on a directive from party leader Nara Chandrababu Naidu, we held detailed consultations with party cadres in all the mandals of the Dharmavaram Assembly constituency, and 95% have suggested the name of Paritala Sriram,” Mr. Parthasarathi said.
The district unit will convey its decision to Mr. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday after he returns from Kuppam visit and it was up to Mr. Naidu to decide on naming the person to fill the void created by Mr. Suryanarayana.
A strong leadership was needed to keep the flock together in the constituency, said Mr. Parthasarathi and added that the district coordination committee opined that Mr. Sriram was the right person for the post.
Tentative programme
Meanwhile, the TDP leaders alleged that the State government failed to curb attacks on the Opposition workers. Party coordination committee members said Mr. Chandrababu Naidu would present a cheque of ₹5 lakh to the kin of a person killed in Patyapuram in Dharmavaram constituency in violence after the results were declared on May 23. While Mr. Naidu’s visit was tentatively scheduled for July 8, it would be finalised in a day or two.
