The TDP, which is in utter disarray after it lost power and was defeated fair and square in all subsequent elections, may not hold the Mahanadu physically for the third time running. This year’s Maha Nadu, the plenary of the party organised on NTR’s birth anniversary, may well be a one-day virtual ritual sans any fanfare.
Normally, the TDP has been holding Maha Nadu on May 28 every year. Except on occasions when there was cyclone or election, the Mahanadu was conducted without fail. In 2019, the TDP suffered its worst defeat at the hands of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The stunned party could not gather itself and said there wasn’t enough time to hold Maha Nadu. Thus, the plenary was not held in 2019. The next year, Corona lockdown forced the party to defer Maha Nadu. This year too, lockdown and rising Covid cases will ensure that Maha Nadu will not be held physically. Only a virtual one-day meet could be held, if the sources are to be believed.
TDP sources say that no decision has so far been taken as to whether the Maha Nadu would be a two-day affair or a one-day affair. The sources say that the party will soon take a decision about the duration. With just four days to go, it is anybody’s guess that the Maha Nadu would be a tame affair.
