The posting of a police circle inspector is leading to a confrontation between BJP’s Endowment Minister P Manikyala Rao and TDP’s West Godavari Zilla Parishad Chairman Mullapudi Bapiraju in Tadepalligudem town.
Though both of them in coveted positions, having influence over a large area, surprisingly narrowing themselves to show their supremacy in their own town, that too on the appointment of police Circle Inspectors. People are laughing with their arrogance, who fare failing to grow on par with the positions they are holding.
Moreover, issue of contention between them is not any aspect related to public good, but only posting of a very junior office. Till 2014, Manikyala Rao is not known out of his district and also on the backbenches of his party also. As luck knotted his door in the alliance with TDP, he had elected to Assembly and also became minister, as none of BJP seniors won in the polls.
Bapiraju, who too hails from the same town, has been nourishing the constituency expecting to contest from there as TDP candidate. But he was disappointed after losing the opportunity as that was allotted to BJP in alliance. Since then they have turned into two warrior groups and not losing any opportunity to prove their supremacy.
Finally, it seems they climb down to such a low level, to maintain their supremacy in the postings of police Circle Inspectors locally. Tadepalligudem has two police circles. They are Urban and Rural. As their politics of supremacy became headache to the leaders of both the parties and went to the notice of the Chief Minister too, finally a truce was made.
As a result, it was decided to appoint Bapiraju’s nominee as urban CI and minister’s nominee as rural CI. For the last two years this arrangement is working out. Now problem arising with the transfer of urban CI, where the minister insisting to post his nominee.
Bapiraju is accusing that as the minister and the DGP are from same caste, Manikyala Rao is now making efforts for his nominees posting in the town. This has been irking TDP leaders and making moves to bring to the notice of higher-ups.
