New Delhi: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Thatikonda Rajaiah reportedly broke down after being denied ticket from Station Ghanpur constituency for the upcoming assembly elections. The incident happened at the MLA camp office in Station Ghanpur here under Jangaon district on Tuesday.
New Delhi: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Thatikonda Rajaiah reportedly broke down after being denied ticket from Station Ghanpur constituency for the upcoming assembly elections. The incident happened at the MLA camp office in Station Ghanpur here under Jangaon district on Tuesday.
Rajaiah, who is the sitting MLA from Station Ghanpur, was seen breaking down during a public event in Telangana’s Jangaon. The BRS gave ticket to former Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari to contest from Station Ghanpur (SC).When the list was announced by KCR on Monday, MLA Rajaiah was shocked. He was expecting his name in the list. He did not meet his followers and even switched off his mobile phone.
In the viral video, Rajaiah is seen getting emotional while addressing his loyalists at a public event. On Tuesday, on a request from his followers and the BRS party cadre, Rajaiah met the BRS party leaders at the MLC camp office in Station Ghanpur.
Meanwhile, the denial of ticket to contest in the coming Assembly elections in Telangana upset some other BRS MLAs too. When his followers tried to console him and some of them wept, Rajaiah too could not control his emotions and burst into tears in front of them. He went and bowed before the BR Ambedkar statue and touched its feet.
Ajmera Shyam, husband of BRS MLA from Khanapur (ST) Ajmera Rekha, joined the Congress on Monday expressing his dissent. Rehkha was not given ticket to contest polls. Shyam said he has applied to contest as Congress candidate. Asked about Rekha’s future course of action, he said she would take the views of her supporters and decide.
Rajaiah said the CM has promised him a better and higher post. Respecting the words of the BRS chief, he decided to remain with the party.
“I am not going to cross the line drawn by the CM. I will strictly follow his instruction and will play a key role in the victory of the BRS party,” he said.
Bhukya Johnson Rathod Naik has been given ticket to contest from Khanapur (ST).Malkajgiri MLA Mynampally Hanumanth Rao, who has been renominated sought ticket for his son as well. Rajaiah had contested on TRS/BRS tickets in the 2014 and 2018 assembly elections and won with a huge majority against his rivals. It is not clear why he was denied the party ticket this time.
