The resignation of Gannavaram MLA Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan is causing ripples in the TDP in Krishna district politics.
Though the TDP leadership is making all out efforts to convince Vamsi and keep him active, the MLA is unwilling to stay back. Interestingly, he is not contact with the party leaders for the past three days.
Vijayawada MP Kesineni Srinivas Nani, who was asked to hold talks with Vamsi by Naidu, could not establish contact with the MLA.
While the future of Vamsi in particular and the TDP in Gannavaram in general is debated, some people in the TDP point an accusing finger at former minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao as the reason for this disaster.
Uma is accused of dominating every leader in the district politics. It was Gudivada MLA Kodali Nani, who had quit the TDP in July 2012 and joined the YSR Congress.
Kodali Nani had been the darling of the Kamma youth in the district and he enjoys this patronage even now.
He left the party because of the domination by Devineni Uma in the party affairs.
Interestingly, when Kodali Nani became a Minister in the Jagan’s cabinet, MP Kesineni tweeted saying that Nani should thank Uma for this success, meaning that Nani left TDP only because of Uma.
In fact, Kesineni was in dark facing hardships in the party before the 2019 general elections because of Uma and his vindictive politics.
Several leaders from Krishna district feel the heat from Uma as he dominates the party affairs.
The same heat is being felt by Vamsi, which had prompted him to quit the party, besides other reasons.
Though Naidu wanted Kesineni to hold talks with Vamsi and bring him back, the MP himself is not convince. He is understood to have told Naidu that more leaders would leave TDP in Krishna district, if Uma is not cut to the size.
A similar view was reportedly expressed by several senior leaders in the district that the party has no future if Uma continues to be the face of the TDP in the district.