Congress big guns Ponnala & Marri left in the cold

  • | Thursday | 15th November, 2018

The fate of LB Nagar seat is still hanging fire with Congress candidate D Sudheer Reddy in the race. Khanapur is a reserved seat for Scheduled Tribes.The Congress second list also saw the party declaring K K Mahender Reddy as candidate to take on K T Rama Rao, son of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, from Sircilla. Even the Yellareddy seat sought by TJS was announced.Despite widespread protests against ‘parachute candidates’ (those who joined Congress recently) and were given tickets, Congress gave the Khanapur Assembly seat to Ramesh Rathod, who joined Congress recently from TRS. HYDERABAD: The second Congress list announced on Wednesday triggered more unrest among top party leaders as the first list of 65 and the second with 10 candidates don’t have names or constituencies they sought.The big names still missing in the twin lists are BC leader and PCC ex-chief Ponnala Lakshmiah from Jangaon, four-time MLA and former minister Marri Shashidhar Reddy from Sanathnagar Names of some key constituencies being sought by Congress, TTDP, TJS also did not figure in the second list, including Secunderabad , Rajendernagar, Miryalguda and LB Nagar.While TTDP is vying for Sanathanagar, Secunderabad and Rajendernagar, TJS announced Miryalguda and Jangaon seats on Wednesday.However, Congress’ second list had names of Khairatabad and Jubilee Hills segments, much to the chagrin of Telangana Telugu Desam Party (TTDP), a key ally of the grand alliance that was seeking both seats.

HYDERABAD: The second Congress list announced on Wednesday triggered more unrest among top party leaders as the first list of 65 and the second with 10 candidates don’t have names or constituencies they sought.The big names still missing in the twin lists are BC leader and PCC ex-chief Ponnala Lakshmiah from Jangaon, four-time MLA and former minister Marri Shashidhar Reddy from Sanathnagar Names of some key constituencies being sought by Congress, TTDP, TJS also did not figure in the second list, including Secunderabad , Rajendernagar, Miryalguda and LB Nagar.While TTDP is vying for Sanathanagar, Secunderabad and Rajendernagar, TJS announced Miryalguda and Jangaon seats on Wednesday.However, Congress’ second list had names of Khairatabad and Jubilee Hills segments, much to the chagrin of Telangana Telugu Desam Party (TTDP), a key ally of the grand alliance that was seeking both seats. Even the Yellareddy seat sought by TJS was announced.Despite widespread protests against ‘parachute candidates’ (those who joined Congress recently) and were given tickets, Congress gave the Khanapur Assembly seat to Ramesh Rathod, who joined Congress recently from TRS. Khanapur is a reserved seat for Scheduled Tribes.The Congress second list also saw the party declaring K K Mahender Reddy as candidate to take on K T Rama Rao, son of chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, from Sircilla. The fate of LB Nagar seat is still hanging fire with Congress candidate D Sudheer Reddy in the race.

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