Choosing two Rajya Sabha candidates is showing to be a big headache for Chandrababu Naidu. There are a high number of ticket aspirants including senior party leaders. Going by experience, TD leaders say Naidu will most probably select one candidate from Seemandhra and another from Telangana, besides guaranteeing the caste equation.

Absence of senior party MLA and ticket aspirant, M. Narasimhulu in the Assembly created a flutter in party circles. Rumours started doing the rounds that Narasimhulu was sulking over hints that he might not be considered for an RS nomination, and the party was planning to draft him for the Assembly polls again.

A division of party leaders has been backing party general secretary, Garikapati Ram Mohan Rao from Warangal. The other aspirants include K. Ramamohan Rao, S. Chandramohan Reddy, and Nannapaneni Rajakumari. Though Balakrishna’s name figured from the NTR clan, he is reportedly eyeing an Assembly ticket.