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What is MLA and MP did last 5 years to prevent accidents?????? who is responsible???
NH-5 has 22.5 KM stretch in chilakaluripet.
In year 2006 total 36 serious and 76 small accidents.
In year 2007 total 52 serious and 104 small accidents.
In year 2008, first 9 months 43 people killed and 120 people seriously injured.
Rajasekhar may find the going tough in Chilakaluripet
Rebel trouble poses the biggest challenge for this advocate-turned-politician, Polarisation of the influential Kapu votes and a resurgent Prathipati Pulla Rao cause for concern Rajasekhar’s father-in-law Somepalli Sambaiah won three times in 1978, 1985 and 1994
Congress MLA Marri Rajasekhar has a penchant for bull-racing and has been dutifully conducting the annual bull-race competitions every January in memory of his father-in-law and three-time MLA Somepalli Sambaiah. But as elections approach, Mr. Rajasekhar is finding the going as difficult as riding a rampaging bull.
A range of factors including, simmering rebel trouble, a resurgent Prathipati Pulla Rao and the polarisation of the influential Kapu votes, might challenge Mr. Rajasekhar as he attempts to rewrite history by becoming the first MLA to be elected successive terms in the electoral history of the constituency.
Worthy successor
Somepalli Sambaiah has won three times in 1978, 1985 and 1994 and after Mr. Rajasekhar had stepped in his shoes, managed to win in the first attempt itself in the year 2004.
In the 2004 elections, Mr. Rakasekhar stood as an independent and managed to scamper home by a margin of just 212 votes. The Congress fielded Malladi Sivanarayana against Mr. Pulla Rao, a cotton baron and president of district unit of TDP. The re-admission of Mr. Rajasekhar into the Congress was a mere formality.
As elections approach, Mr. Rajasekhar finds himself locked in a tussle with familiar rival, Mr. Pulla Rao. The Praja Rajyam Party might field either an RMP doctor Hanif or Annam Srinivasa Rao.
But rebel trouble poses the biggest challenge for this advocate turned politician. Over 1,000 Congress activists were tipped to resign on Wednesday and cross the fence over to PRP. Some of the disgruntled party men like M. Radhakrishna, who have tried till the last minute to wrest the seat, were making moves to work against him.
The constituency is one of the few constituencies which had retained most of its mandals. It now constitutes Chilakaluripet Town, Yadlapadu and Nadendla mandals with three villages from the erstwhile Prathipadu constituency, Turlapadu, Sandepudi and Unnava being merged into the assembly segment.
Fair mix
The constituency has a fair mix of Kamma, Kapu and Muslim votes and only time would tell who would win the Assembly race.
Bull races kick off dust at Chilakaluripet
As many as 100 teams from various parts of the State are taking part in the three-day competitions
As one enters the colourfully decorated Lorry Owner’s Association Ground at Siva Priya Nagar on the outskirts of Chilakaluripet on a sunny Wednesday, the settings are perfectly countryside. The leafy poles struck firmly to the ground, the colourful jute baskets struck to the poles and the boisterous crowd cheering the beats in action.
But as one turns his attention to the in marked square, it is where the real action takes place. The sight of rampaging bulls kicking off dust with their powerful hoofs and pulling a solid stone slab weighing about three tonnes is electrifying. The bulls are goaded to cover maximum distance by a team of men holding the reins. As the bulls race on, the crowds get delirious and as the clock ticks by, the excitement is heart-stopping.
Though it appears a crude sport and one which could rankle the spirit of animal lovers, bull races are part of the village folklore. Chilakaluripet M.L.A Marri Rajesekhar is the man behind the show, part of the Somepalli Sambaiah Memorial State wide Annual Bull Race Competitions. As many as 100 teams from various parts of the State are taking part in the competitions which would be held for three days.
After a brief inauguration ceremony, during which the M.L.A recollected the services rendered by Mr. Sambaiah, three-time M.L.A and his father-in-law, the competitions took off.
The rules of the game are simple. Each pair of bulls needs to cover maximum distance as possible within 10 minutes. The square is of 250 metres length and the referee counts the distance based on the number of turns. A team of six persons can accompany the bulls and the bulls should be controlled only with the help of the rope. The first part of the competitions was for ‘Palapalla’ calves. The bulls owned by Vemula Alekhya from Gurazala Mandal took off and clocked a healthy 2,750 feet within the allotted time of 10 minutes. The competitions have been divided into sub-junior, junior and senior categories and the prize money varies from Rs.3,000 to Rs.30,000.
Chilakaluripet MLA Constituency
From 1955 to 1962 the constituency was known as `Phirangeepuram' and it was represented by the Congress stalwart, Kasu Brahmananda Reddy. He had lost in 1952 to the CPI candidate, K. Subbareddy, from the Palnadu constituency. In the first elections to the constituency in 1967, a Swatantra Party candidate, Kandimalla Butchaiah, was victorious Nooti Venkateswarlu of the Congress.
While B. Satyanarayana of the Congress represented the constituency in 1972, late Somepalli Sambaiah had contested for six consecutive times since 1978 winning with a thumping majority for the first time after the emergency on the Congress ticket against the Janata Party candidate, B. Subba Reddy.
In 1983 as part of NTR wave, Kaza Krishnamurthy defeated Sambaiah, but during the resurgence of NTR in 1985, Sambaiah got about 5,000 majority votes against Manam Venkateswarlu of the TDP. Ironically, during the Congress wave in 1989 in the State, he lost to the TDP nominee, Kandimalla Jayamma, by a narrow margin.
While the entire State put the Telugu Desam in power in 1994, Sambaiah came out in flying colours with a majority of just over 100 votes.