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Andhra Pradesh
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Of the 12-member panel the party had set up, barely four could make it to the winning post
In protest mode: TDP men protesting against the alleged irregularities in counting of votes in the election held to the Tirupati Town Cooperative Bank on Monday.
TIRUPATI: In the fierce electoral battle witnessed on Sunday to elect directors to the 12-member board of the Tirupati Co-Op Town Bank, the panel supported by the Congress suffered a setback. Of the 12-member panel the party had set up, barely four could make it to the winning post against the five TDP candidates who posted a victory. Interestingly, among the victors were three independent candidates who are expected to play a key role in electing the chairperson to the board. Significantly, the heads of all the three panels came out successful in the elections though most of their colleagues lost. The worst hit panel was the one set up by an independent candidate, Pulugoru Prabhakar Reddy. Dismal show
Barring himself his entire panel drew a blank. Rather ironically, Prabhakar Reddy was instrumental in getting the election conducted after a gap of about 11 years by fighting a prolonged and lone legal battle against the ruling dispensation led by Pulugoru Maralikrishna Reddy who incidentally polled the maximum number of votes among the winners – 6,235. The parties took the election with all the seriousness it deserved to assess their own relative plus and minus points ahead of the impending crucial civic body polls. As for results, there is nothing much for the Congress to cheer about given the fact that it played all the cards up its sleeves to win the election ahead of the corporation elections. But despite all the odds, the TDP could get five of its candidates elected and is also looking to wrest even the president’s post from the ruling group given the relative arithmetic. Of the seven votes required to wrest the president’s seat, the TDP is facing shortage of two votes while the Congress is short by three votes. Of the three independents who can tilt the scales, the TDP is expecting that at least two might throw their lot behind it for their own political reasons, obviously, for a quid pro quo -- the vice-president’s post.
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