Political heat rises in T’gana as Amit Shah begins poll campaign

Hyderabad: Munugode, a nondescript Assembly constituency in Telangana, has become the cynosure in the state political arena as political bigwigs descend on the town to woo voters.

Munugode Assembly segment in Nalgonda district fell vacant after sitting legislator K Rajgopal Reddy tendered his resignation.

 The town is all set to witness a public rally by Amit Shah on Sunday, a day after Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao tore into the BJP in a meeting.

Rao, in his address, challenged Shah to answer as to why the Centre has not yet decided the Krishna river water sharing formula for the state. He alleged that the Centre has not decided on the share of river water even after eight years since Telangana’s formation.

Political temperature has raised in Telangana as the outcome of the upcoming bypoll to Munugode Assembly segment is expected to give a perceptual edge to the winner ahead of next year’s Assembly elections. As Congress decided to fight tooth and nail to retain the seat, the BJP on the other hand wants to prove that it is the “alternative” to the ruling TRS by clinching the segment.

 The TRS on its part was pooling all resources to win Munugode seat to prove a point that people of the state are with the ruling party no matter when the Assembly elections come.

It may be noted that securing second position will be a significant one as the party which comes in the second position can claim that it is the principal challenger of the winner.