Nizamabad: She has 179 farmers contesting against her en masse, but sitting Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MP K Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, is confident about winning. She states, “I have full faith in the farmers of her constituency which has 800-odd villages.
The 179 farmers entered the fray for the April 11 Lok Sabha elections as a mark of protest. They have said that the ruling YRS government had failed to ensure Minimum Support Price (MSP) for turmeric and red jowar (sorghum) produce and in getting the ‘Turmeric Board’ set up in Nizamabad.
Interestingly their entrance has swelled the number of the candidates in the seat to 185, prompting the Election Commission to arrange for jumbo EVMs.
Kavitha asserted the farmers who are protesting and contesting are supporters of the BJP and the Congress. “Let them be in the fray.” She pointed out that farmers in her constituency in general are benefiting from the state’s welfare schemes like ‘Rythu Bandhu’. Asked if she is tensed with farmers contesting en masse, Kavitha replied, “Not at all, wait till results. You will get to know.”
Kavitha informed that the TRS swept recent Assembly polls and will win handsomely in the Lok Sabha elections as well. “Out out 17 parliamentary constituencies, we will definitely win 16 while AIMIM will bag one seat,” asserted Kavitha.
Kavitha, who has two kids, stated it has been more than a week since she has seen them. “When I was leaving home, I told them I will be busy with elections and won’t be available for the next 20 days. They said you will win anyway, so why do you want to go,” informed Kavitha. Though none in the family has lost elections so far barring once, Kavitha says ‘nothing comes easy’.
PTI