Sons, daughters, nephews, daughter-in-laws etc of prominent leaders have bagged most of the tickets from all the political parties in GHMC elections.
With this, those leaders and activists who are working sincerely for respective parties for decades are crying foul with parties allotting tickets to fresh faces just because they enjoy family relation with prominent leaders.
While 50 per cent of the GHMC seats were reserved for women with an aim of providing equal opportunities for women from all castes, the male leaders from all parties who lost chance to contest the elections due to women quota have secured tickets for their wives, daughters, sister-in-laws, mother-in-laws etc.
Several women leaders and activists who are playing active role in politics and party activities for years together in all parties are feeling cheated on account of this.
Under pressure from prominent leaders, respective parties have allotted tickets to their kith and kin, though these women contestants never took active part in politics and confined to their kitchens in houses.
TRS leader and Rajya Sabha MP K.Keshava Rao's daughter Gadwal Vijaya Lakshmi secured TRS ticket for Banjara Hills seat. She joined party only recently.
Home minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy's nephew Srinivas Reddy secured TRS ticket for Ramnagar seat.
Maheshwaram MLA and former Mayor Teegala Krishna Reddy's daughter-in-law secured TRS ticket for RK Puram seat.
Malkajgiri MLA Kanaka Reddy's daughter-in-law Chintala Vijayashanthi got TRS ticket for Alwal seat.
Khairatabad strongman late P Janardhan Reddy's daughter Vijaya Reddy got TRS ticket for Khairatabad seat.
TRS leader B Subhash Reddy who lost 2014 MLA election in Uppal secured ticket for his wife Swapna for Habsiguda seat.
Congress floor leader in GHMC in 2009, Kaleru Venkatesh secured TRS ticket for his wife Jayasree for Golnaka seat.
Former minister Mukesh Goud secured Congress ticket for his son Vikram Goud for Jambagh seat.
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