Telugu Desam Party faces rebel trouble in ASR district

The party tribal leader Donnu Dora says he will contest as an Independent candidate from Araku Assembly constituency

Yet in another blow to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the NDA alliance of BJPTDPJSP in the Agency area of Alluri Sitharama Raju district, the TDP tribal leader from Araku S. Donnu Dora has announced that he will be contesting as Independent candidate in the coming Assembly elections. It may be noted that Paderu TDP incharge Giddi Eswari has already announced that she will be contesting as Independent, after the TDP high command has allotted ticket to former teacher Killu Venkata Ramesh Naidu.

Tribal leader S. Donnu Dora was allotted the TDP MLA ticket from the Araku Assembly constituency in the first list after TDP Supremo N. Chandrababu Naidu had announced his name during Ra Kadali Ra programme organised at Araku Valley during January this year.

When the tribal leader was actively campaigning in the constituency, the BJP has all of a sudden announced its candidate Pangi Raja Rao from the constituency. The BJP has already announced Kothapalli Geetha as its Araku Lok Sabha candidate.

After a long dilemma among the cadre over the seat allocations, recently in a meeting with his supporters, Mr. Donnu Dora said that he had met the party high command which informed that BJP has sought the seat.

The high command has also promised to give him MLC post after the alliance came to power, he told the supporters.

However, Mr. Donnu Dora said that following the directions and demand from his supporters and the local cadre, he has decided to contest as Independent candidate in the coming elections.

Mr. Donnu Dora had contested as Independent candidate from Araku Assembly during the 2019 elections and got over 27,000 votes.