All is not well in Aswaraopet Congress, old timers up against MLA Adinarayana

A section of leaders and cadre, especially old timers, have been accusing the MLA of neglecting them and not giving prior information about his tour programmes in the constituency

Kothagudem: All is not well in the Congress party in Aswaraopet Assembly constituency as groupism as well as dissent against the local MLA Jare Adinarayana has become a common feature during party meetings.

A section of leaders and cadre, especially old timers, have been accusing the MLA of neglecting them and not giving prior information about his tour programmes in the constituency.

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At a recent meeting at Aswaraopet held to prepare the cadres for upcoming local bodies’ elections, leaders of two groups clashed with each other and also hit out at the MLA for acting unilaterally.

It might be noted that Adinarayana joined Congress from the BRS prior to the last Assembly elections and is a follower of Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy. The old timers are accusing the MLA of promoting the leaders and cadres who joined Congress along with him.

The MLA who is supposed to work along with all the leaders stated that he was not being apprised of issues in the party and he was getting information about such issues only after it reached the three ministers, Srinivas Reddy, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Tummala Nageswara Rao.

The party leaders M Keshava Rao and Jupalli Ramesh who are maintaining their own groups in the constituency are against the MLA’s alleged support to those joined Congress from BRS and other parties.

On the other hand, the followers of minister Nageswara Rao have been staying away from the party activities as they are sulking at the MLA’s change of stance in appointing the Dammapet market committee office bearers.

The minister’s followers are complaining that MLA Adinarayana, who during a meeting attended by Nageswara Rao, assured them that the market committee chairman post would be allotted to a leader from the minister’s faction.

But later he announced that the post would be given to any old timer from the Naikpod adivasi community, they said.

The cadres from Asupaka and Anantaram alleged that the leaders who newly joined Congress are not caring for them.

In addition to that newcomers are resorting to physical attacks against the old timers and booking police cases, if this continues the old timers have no option but to quit the party, they said.