Hyderabad: To improve the party’s position and give confidence to its cadres, Telugu Desam president and AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is considering making his daughter-in-law Nara Brahmani president of the party unit in Telangana state. Ms Brahmani has the added advantage of being the daughter of actor and MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna.
Party leaders hope that she will be able to strengthen the party in Telangana sate ahead of the 2019 elections, as there have been many desertions of major leaders including the recent exit of A Revanth Reddy. This has weakened the party so badly that it may find it difficult to field candidates for the ensuing Assembly elections. In a meeting with party leaders from Telangana state held by Mr Naidu after the exit of Mr Revanth Reddy, some of those present requested the CM to make Ms Brahmani chief of the party in Telangana.
Ms Brahmani was born and brought up in Hyderabad and making her the Telangana TD chief may help stem the tide of desertions in the party in TS, the party feels. The TD is left with no leader in Telangana state who has a mass following. The fact that Ms Brahmani was born and brought up in Hyderabad will also pre-empt any criticism of an outsider being foisted on the party and may go down well with voters.
A TD leader said that Ms Brahmani had not secured local status in AP. He said the statement of her husband and AP minister Nara Lokesh regarding their local status proved this. Mr Lokesh had said that he and his wife Devansh had taken local status but he did not speak about Ms Brahmani, he said. According to TD leaders, Ms Brahmani has been taking an interest in politics and inquires about the party’s position in Telangana state whenever she meets party leaders.
