HYDERABAD: The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) is said to be searching for a ‘strong candidate’ who can be pitted against ousted health minister Etala Rajendar in the Huzurabad Assembly constituency. The seat has remained loyal to Rajendar since 2004, he has been elected six times in a row from Huzurabad.
As Rajendar was close to TRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao since the inception of party in 2001 and was made minister after the TRS came to power in 2014 and continued in the until his recent ouster from the Cabinet on May 2, the party leadership never thought of an alternative to him in Huzurabad all these years. It did not encourage second-rung leadership as Rajendar was holding the Huzurabad fortress strongly.
However, the sudden political development has now forced the party leadership to scout for a strong leader who can match the strength and stature of Rajendar.
According to official sources in the TRS, the party leadership is not just looking…