Congress Announces Candidate For Akola, Warangal
NDTV
Though the alliance plans of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and the VBA fell through, the Congress and Prakash Ambedkar had declared support for each other, especially in Akola, a seat the Dalit leader wished to contest.
The Congress move to name Abhay Kashinath Patil from Maharashtra's Akola has put a firm period to its intended friendly ties with Prakash Ambedkar's VBA (Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi). Though the alliance plans of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and the VBA fell through, the Congress and Mr Ambedkar had declared support for each other, especially in Akola, a seat the Dalit leader wished to contest.
In Telangana, the Grand Old Party has announced a candidate for Warangal -- Kadiyan Kavya, who crossed over from K Chandrasekhar Rao's Bharat Rashtra Samithi a few days ago. Ms Kavya is daughter of senior BRS leader and sitting MLA Kadiam Srihari, who also served as deputy chief minister in then BRS government. The sitting BRS Lok Sabha member from Warangal, Pasunoori Dayakar, recently joined the Congress in Telangana.
In Maharashtra, when the MVA and the VBA were discussing seat sharing, the alliance was ready to give Prakash Ambedkar the Akola seat along with four others.
