TS Polls: Ticket denied candidates to from 'Rebel Front'

Many candidates who aspiring for tickets from the Congress and Telugu Desham (TDP) parties in Mahakutami are unhappy with list of candidates declared by parties. Now some candidates are still staying in the party by the promise of party to give other post after forming government and they ready to work for party declared candidate's victory. Some candidates declared that we will work as opponent to party declared candidate. Some candidates are quiting their party and joining other party. Some are trying to contest as rebels in their constituencies. The candidates who trying to contest as rebels, decided to form a ‘rebel front’ of sorts to fight the grand alliance as a whole. 

Candidates alleged that "parties have become corporate offices, they are giving tickets to rich leaders who join the party in the last minute with money bags, ignoring honest and sincere workers".Some tickets were given to candidates who lost thrice. Instead of winning horses, handicapped horses have been selected. About 40 of us, who were denied tickets by Congress, are coming together as ‘Telangana Rebel Front’. All of us will contest on one symbol and work against the Grand Alliance,”

Bandru Shobha Rani, a TDP member who was denied a ticket this time, had tears welling up in her eyes while speaking to the media outside NTR Bhavan, the party’s headquarters in Telangana. “I have worked for TDP since 2004, during its difficult times. We ensured that TDP stayed afloat, even when top leaders abandoned ship. During the Telangana movement, some leaders were even afraid of coming to NTR Bhavan,” she said, elaborating how she ignored by her party. 

 I will wait for Chandrababu Naidu to take a decision about me as there is still some time left for filing nominations. His decision will decide whether I will contest as a rebel or now,” she added.

Congress cadres fear that several leaders like Karthik Reddy and Malreddy Ranga Reddy, who were denied tickets by Congress, may dent winning chances of Grand Alliance candidates.