KARIMNAGAR: Stage is set for the multi-cornered contest in the elections to the Municipal Corporation of Karimnagar among the major political parties of Congress, TDP, BJP, TRS and MIM in Karimnagar town.

Incidentally, all the political parties except for the Congress-Left combine are contesting the elections individually without any alliance in Karimnagar corporation. The elections in Karimnagar have attained importance following representation of the town by the Minister for Sports, M Satyanarayana Rao, and the Union Minister and TRS president, K Chandrashekar Rao.

The TDP, which had severed ties with the BJP, had also taken up the elections as a prestigious one and entrusted the job to the former Minister, M Damodar Reddy, and others for the victory of the party candidates. The BJP, which is contesting on its own, is leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters under the supervision of former Union Minister, Ch Vidyasagar Rao.

However, the Congress and TDP were a worried lot following the threat posed by rebels in the elections from the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation. Though the Congress was trying to pacify the rebels by promising various other party posts, the rebel threat for the TDP had become a cause of concern.

Already, the Karimnagar Telugu Mahila wing leaders have resigned en masse and joined the TRS for denial of party ticket. Even the TDP minority leader, Mazar Moinuddin, had resigned from the party and is contesting as MIM candidate from a division and influencing the voters.

No complete list

No political party had announced the complete list of the candidates for the corporation. The TDP had released the list of 29 candidates, the Congress 20 candidates, the BJP about 20 candidates and the TRS 14 candidates. The MIM was planning to release its list in a day or two.

On the other hand, the demand for ticket from the TRS had declined considerably in Karimnagar town following their contest individually. In several municipal divisions, the TRS had fielded only `dummy' candidates and it is likely to give tough fight from only eight to 10 divisions. The TRS district unit has opened its doors for the TDP rebels and is offering party ticket following non-availability of its party candidates.

The CPI is contesting from five divisions and CPI(M) from one division. Final picture of the election scenario would be clear after September 9, last date for the withdrawals and finalisation of the official party candidates by the parties.

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