<p>The YSR Congress, is keen on fielding an IAS officer with clean image, V Chandramouli, to contest against TDP chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu at Kuppam Assembly segment in Chittoor district.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chandramouli, a 1990 batch IAS officer from Andhra Pradesh, superannuated in 2013 and was appointed director-general of the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), which is part of the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Rural Development. <br /><br />After getting the green signal from YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy, Chandramouli quit as CDS director-general last week.<br /><br />Jagan tested the waters in Naidu's Kuppam in February with his “Samaikya Sankharavam” programme, which was a huge success.<br /><br /> It is ironical that the TDP, in its hey days, has begun the culture of fielding “neutral” candidates. Former CBI Director K Vijayarama Rao was one such person who made it big in TDP.<br /><br />The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) might field retired IAS officers A K Goel and S Chellappa, who are TRS politburo members.<br /><br /> However, none of them belong to Telangana. Goel is a native of Haryana. Chellappa, former education secretary, is a native of Tamil Nadu.<br /><br />K V Ramanachari, another officer who worked as EO of TTD, joined the TRS. “Now that Telangana is a reality, my efforts will be to rebuild Telangana,” the officer says. Ramachari knows KCR since his student days.<br /><br />Lakshminarayana, retired IAS officer who joined the TDP, feels a strong regional party like the TDP with a proven track record can build a socialist Telangana. </p>
<p>The YSR Congress, is keen on fielding an IAS officer with clean image, V Chandramouli, to contest against TDP chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu at Kuppam Assembly segment in Chittoor district.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chandramouli, a 1990 batch IAS officer from Andhra Pradesh, superannuated in 2013 and was appointed director-general of the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), which is part of the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Rural Development. <br /><br />After getting the green signal from YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy, Chandramouli quit as CDS director-general last week.<br /><br />Jagan tested the waters in Naidu's Kuppam in February with his “Samaikya Sankharavam” programme, which was a huge success.<br /><br /> It is ironical that the TDP, in its hey days, has begun the culture of fielding “neutral” candidates. Former CBI Director K Vijayarama Rao was one such person who made it big in TDP.<br /><br />The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) might field retired IAS officers A K Goel and S Chellappa, who are TRS politburo members.<br /><br /> However, none of them belong to Telangana. Goel is a native of Haryana. Chellappa, former education secretary, is a native of Tamil Nadu.<br /><br />K V Ramanachari, another officer who worked as EO of TTD, joined the TRS. “Now that Telangana is a reality, my efforts will be to rebuild Telangana,” the officer says. Ramachari knows KCR since his student days.<br /><br />Lakshminarayana, retired IAS officer who joined the TDP, feels a strong regional party like the TDP with a proven track record can build a socialist Telangana. </p>
