A couple of days ago, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao’s son and IT minister K T Rama Rao addressed a huge rally at Kodangal, the assembly constituency represented by firebrand ex-MLA and Telangana PCC working president A Revanth Reddy.
Obviously, KTR wanted to prove that the TRS is going to break into Revanth’s citadel in Kodangal. Entrusted with the responsibility of winning Kodangal seat by his father, KTR is making all out efforts to achieve the objective.
The TRS is said to be pumping more than Rs 100 crore in the constituency, besides mobilising all its senior leaders into the campaign.
Now, Revanth has decided to pay KTR in his own coin. On Saturday, Revanth is going to address rallies in Siricilla constituency, represented by KTR.
The Congress leaders are leaving no stone unturned to make his campaign a big success.
Revanth is going to campaign for Congress candidate K K Mahender Reddy in two places – Siricilla and Yellareddypet, which are considered to be TRS strongholds.
In 2009, Mahendar Reddy contested as TRS rebel and lost with just 171 votes. Later he shifted his loyalties to Congress and again contested against KTR in by-poll elections and got defeated.
In 2014 elections, Mahendar didn't get ticket and now in 2018 elections he is going to be in the electoral fray against KTR.
Party sources said Revanth will focus on Nerella incident wherein Dalits and OBCs were tortured by the police for opposing illegal sand mafia of KTR’s associates.
He is also going to highlight the autocratic rule of KCR and other key issues plaguing the state.
Besides Siricilla, the PCC working president is also going to address public in Vemulawada constituency. Aadi Srinivas from Congress is going to contest against TRS candidate Ramesh Babu is a close relative of MP Vinod Kumar.
In fact, the Congress leaders want to rope in Sonia Gandhi to address public in Karimnagar but due to her ill-health, the schedule has been changed.
The leaders from Manthani, Ramgundam, Peddapally, Jagtial, Korutla and Dharmapuri constituencies are also asking Revanth to campaign for the party.
