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The Kalinga community, 1 of the astir influential societal groups successful Srikakulam district, has stepped up efforts to unafraid capable practice for its leaders successful the coming section assemblage polls and the 2029 wide elections. As portion of this strategy, the assemblage organised a monolithic gathering — the Kalinga Atmiya Sammelanam — astatine Etcherla connected December 28, drafting an estimated assemblage of astir 55,000 people.
Prominent leaders crossed governmental parties attended the meeting, including erstwhile Union Minister Killi Kruparani (Congress), Duvvada Jeeviteswara Rao (Congress), TDP MLA of Srikakulam Kuna Ravikumar, erstwhile Speaker and YSRCP person Thammineni Seetharam, MLC Duvvada Srinivas, BJP person Pudi Tirupati Rao, JSP leaders Daneti Sridhar and Pedada Rammohana Rao, and SSR Charitable Trust laminitis and industrialist Sura Srinivasa Rao.
“The unity of the Kalinga assemblage is the request of the hour. It volition assistance america measure the socio-economic presumption of our radical and instrumentality steps for their development. Similar meetings volition beryllium organised soon to fortify this unity,” said Mr. Sura Srinivasa Rao successful a property release.
According to sources, assemblage leaders Duppala Venkata Rao, Pappala Ramesh, Chintada Rammohan, and Potnuru Suryam held a preparatory gathering astatine Ms. Kruparani’s residence a fewer weeks earlier. They resolved to hide interior differences and enactment collectively to reconstruct the community’s governmental relevance. The leaders expressed interest that, contempt being numerically beardown successful the district, Kalinga candidates for the Srikakulam Lok Sabha spot person suffered successive defeats.
The Kalinga assemblage has produced respective MPs successful the past, including Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao, Hanumanthu Appayyadora, Kaniti Viswanatham, and Killi Kruparani. In caller years, however, Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu of the Velama assemblage has won the Srikakulam parliamentary spot 3 times since 2014, portion Kalinga candidates from the YSRCP and Congress failed to marque an impact.
Community leaders are besides disquieted astir declining practice successful the Assembly. Once ascendant successful constituencies specified arsenic Narasannapeta and Palasa, the Kalingas person lately recovered those seats being allotted to candidates from different communities, including Velama, Turpu Kapu, and fishermen groups. At present, the Kalingas correspond lone 2 of the 7 Assembly segments successful the Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency — Amadalavalasa (Kuna Ravikumar of TDP) and Ichchapuram (Bendalam Ashok).
