Following the announcement of the list of 65 candidates for the Telangana Elections, the Congress party may face more rebels comparing with the earlier elections as the party had at least 3 aspirants from each segment. Besides this, the disappointed candidates from the alliance parties in Mahakutami are also planning to contest as either rebels/independent or by joining with BJP. Political sources are saying that the BJP will be benefited with the the current scenario in Mahakutami.
Due to the huge disappointments congress and possibilities of massive protests and attacks, the Hyderabad city police have deployed huge forces at Gandhi Bhavan, the Telangana Congress headquarters and the police said that the tight security would be continued for coming few days.
In Nalgonda district, the Congress party high command has given relief to Komatireddy brothers as the candidates proposed by them got their candidature in the first list. The high command announced the names of Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy, Akula Lalitha and others. Meanwhile, President of Greater Hyderabad Congress Committee and ex-MP Mr. Anjan Kumar Yadav’s son and Youth Congress leader Mr. Anil Kumar got ticket from Musheerabad segment.
The names of Ex-MLAs and senior leaders have not been existed in the first list including ex-MP V.Hanumantha Rao, M. Bixapathi Yadav (Seri Lingampally), ex-Minister Mr. Ponnala Laxmaiah (Janagaon), Mahesh Goud (Balkonda), P.Vishnuvardhan Reddy (Jubilee Hills) and few others.
Though the followers of ex-MLA Mr. Revanth Reddy including Mr. Vijaya Raman Rao (Peddapalli), Seethakka (Mulugu) and Satyam (Choppadandi) got tickets in the first list, few other key leaders Bilya Naik (Devarakonda) and Patel Ramesh Reddy (Suryapet) did not get tickets. They are planning to contest as either rebels or from other parties.
Mr. Bollam Mallaiah Yadav from TDP, who sought ticket from Kodada was disappointed with the first list of Congress as TPCC Chief Uttam Kumar Reddy’s wife and sitting MLA Ms. Padmavati Reddy got ticket. He announced that he would work for the defeat of Padmavati Reddy and Uttam Kumar Reddy.
