Hyderabad, Nov 4: With the list of candidates being finalized for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections, disputes, controversies and war of words are the order of the day at the Telugu Desam Party office here on Wednesday.Leaders from the Kapra region were in the forefront resenting the choice of candidates and crying foul on the leaders who are in the selection panel to pick up the candidates.Venting their anger against the party leadership they said ``TDP which boasts of itself as a party that stands for the cause of BCs is looking down upon the BCs and is making a mockery of it.’’
They further alleged that those who are in the selection panel of picking up the candidates for the ensuing GHMC elections are selling the tickets thereby denying the tickets to worthy candidates.Frustrated by the allocation of seats to candidates who were not so active in the party politics, they warned of dire consequences if the party authorities allot the Barkatpura t seat to Krishna Reddy brother of MLA Revathi Reddy.Denying the tickets to the loyalists who were with the party right from its inception is in a way humiliating them, the aggrieved party workers bemoaned.First list of candidates Meanwhile it is learnt that the TDP will release the first list of its candidates by Wednesday evening. About 80 candidates will figure in the first list. In this regard the TDP chief is holding discussions with the polit bureau to finalize the candidates.