Entry of TDP founder N T Rama Rao's granddaughter Suhasini has added a new dimension to the political arithmetic in Kukatpally seat of Hyderabad, making it a battle of sorts between the Chandrababu Naidu-led party and K Chandrashekar Rao's TRS.
Parties opposed to the TDP in Andhra Pradesh have extended their support to the TRS in this seat, making it a prestige battle between the two, locals suggested.
Suhasini is locked in a keen contest against the ruling TRS nominee M Krishnarao, who won from there on a TDP ticket in the 2014 elections, but later switched sides.
Naidu has also held a road-show in her support two days back.
"N T Rama Rao used to say society is a temple and people are gods. Nandamuri Harikrishna (her father) followed the same path. I will serve people following the path shown by them," Suhasini said, addressing the road-show attended by Naidu.
Dismissing comments that she would not be accessible to voters, she asserted that she would make all efforts to address problems in the constituency. "There are many problems in Kukatpalle like roads, transport, traffic and street lights. I will strive to address them."
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