It’s Anjan Kumar Yadav Vs Dattatreyya In Secunderabad

By Shaik Ahmed Ali

The Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency comprises of Musheerabad, Amberpet, Khairatabad, Jubilee Hills, Sanathnagar, Nampally and Secunderabad Assembly segments.

The seat was won by Anjan Kumar Yadav of Indian National Congress in 2004 and 2009 elections. Yadav came from the grassroots. He was made the Hyderabad City Congress president in 2003, but was a non-entity in the factional politics of Congress. He was denied an assembly ticket in 2004 and he was staging a dharna in front of Gandhi Bhavan, the Congress headquarters.

On the last day of filing nominations, the then Congress MLA D Nagender, who was denied a ticket from Asifnagar and was asked to contest from the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat, joined the TDP. Since the Congress was not having any other candidate, Yadav was given the ticket from Secunderabad (which Nagender refused to accept). Thinking that he won’t be able to win the election against the then union minister Bandaru Dattatreyya, Yadav didn’t even campaign seriously. Surprisingly, he won the election and became an MP. He got re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 2009.

Anjan Kumar Yadav did his BA from Dharmavanth College of Hyderabad. He was a good wrestler during his school and colleges days.

As against 15,74,818 electors in 2009 elections, there are  17,91,402 voters in 2014 polls. The increase of 216,584 voters including 41,996 electors aged between 18-19 years is likely to impact the results of 2014 elections. While there were 23 contestants in 2009, there are 30 candidates this time including eight independents. The prominent candidates for Secunderabad seat are Anjan Kumar Yadav (Congress), Bandaru Dattatreya (BJP), T Bheemsen (TRS) and Narla Mohan Rao (AIMIM).

The other candidates in the fray are Khaja Khalid Anwar (BSP), Abdus Sattar Mujahed (ABMLSP), Dr. N. S. Uday Kumar (Prem Janata Dal), Karankote Narender (All India Forward Bloc), Kumar Chowdary Yadav G (Samaikyandhra Parirakshana Samithi), Khaja Sirajuddin Azaz (Majlis- Markaz -e-Siyasee Party), Chaya Ratan Musinipally (Aam Aadmi Party, B Deepak Kumar (Republican Party of India – K), Dr.Malathi Latha Eppa (Jantantra Party), Ch. Murahari     (Socialist Unity Centre of India – Communist), Mohd. Imtiaz Hussain (Indian Union Muslim League), Raghu Deshaboina (Bahujan Mukti Party), J Ramulu (Revolutionary Socialist Party), Shakthi Satyavathi (Pyramid Party of India), K Srinivasulu (Jai Samaikyandhra Party), Syed Sajid Ali (YSRCP), K Sai Krishna Mohan Rao (Indian Christian Secular Party) and Sonusarsal Valmiki (Telangana Communist Party of India).

The independent candidates are: Ananth Rao Gundepally, Avula Ranga Nayakulu, Michael Daniel Ovelz, Mohd. Abubakar Parwaiz Siddiqui, Mohammed Rizwan Hussain, S Lakshman Rao, Syed Madani Quadri and B Subramanyam.

Before the filing of nominations, the contest in Secunderabad was expected to be stormy. While Siasat News Editor Amer Ali Khan was likely to be YSRCP candidate, GHMC Mayor Mohammad Majid Hussain was tipped to be MIM’s candidate. However, the last minute decisions by both the parties took out the fuzz out of the contest. The YSRCP fielded a less known figure Syed Sajid Ali while the MIM gave ticket to Mohan Rao. This has left two major players – Anjan Kumar Yadav and Dattatreyya in the fray. Former IAS officer Chaya Ratan is also contesting from the seat on Aam Aadmi Party ticket. Despite being a late starter, she is confident that the AAP’s magic would work in Secunderabad.

Meanwhile, Anjan has expressed confidence of winning the seat for the third time. On the other side, Dattatreyya is hopeful of winning the seat primarily due his party’s tie-up with the TDP and Modi factor.

Traditionally, the Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency is a Congress bastion. In 2009 elections, the Congress won five out of seven Assembly seats that fall in Secunderabad. They are Jubilee Hills (P Vishnuvardhan Reddy), Musheerabad (T Maneamma), Khairtabad (Danam Nagender), Secunderabad (Jayasudha) and Sanath Nagar (Marri Sashidhar Reddy). Except for Musheerabad where Congress replaced Maneamma with Dr P Vinay Kumar, the Congress gave tickets to all sitting MLAs. In Amberpet seat sitting BJP MLA and Telangana unit president G Kishan Reddy is facing tough fight against Congress Rajya Sabha MP V Hanumantha Rao. Similarly, the MIM has replaced sitting MLA Virasat Rasool Khan with former Deputy Mayor Jaffer Hussain Meraj from Nampally Assembly seat. He is facing a strong opponent Feroz Khan of TDP.

The voting pattern in these Assembly segments is likely to have a major impact on the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat.

In Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat, Jubilee Hills has the maximum voters of 297,994 followed by Nampally – 267,601; Musheerabad – 267,407; Amberpet – 252,722; Khairtabad – 250,329; Secunderabad – 230,389 and Sanath Nagar – 224,960.

Lok Sabha MPs of Secunderabad