Giving a new twist to the Gannavaram assembly seat controversy, the disgruntled TDP leader Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan has convened an emergency meeting of his followers at Gannavaram on Sunday.
Mohan, a close friend of party’s latest sensation on the campaign front Junior NTR, has been named as party’s candidate for Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency. Sources said a reluctant Vamsi could take a final call on contesting from Vijayawada only after meeting his followers.
Insiders said Naidu cleared Vamsi’s name for the LS seat in the late hours of Friday after discussing the issue with him. Vamsi’s candidature for Vijayawada has allowed the party chief to field Balavardhan Rao from Gannavaram.
Rao is a close follower of Junior NTR’s father Harikrishna. “We are insisting Vamsi to contest from Gannvaram only. We are ready to go with him,” said Nandamur MPTC member Anagani Muneswara Rao, a staunch follower of Vamsi.
Sources said a large number of followers in the constituency wanted him to go it alone and fight the assembly election. At one stage, speculation was rife that Jr NTR had agreed to the proposal and asked Vamsi to file papers on April 4 if the party did not clear his name by that time.
Curiously, Vamsi Mohan has been incommunicado for the last few days leaving the party cadres in a quandary.
Meanwhile, senior leaders in Vijayawada said Vamsi would ultimately contest the LS election
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