Hyderabad: Congress has intensified its efforts to select strong candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Party national president Mallikarjuna Kharge and general secretary KC Venugopal would reach Hyderabad this evening to attend the wedding reception of Andhra Pradesh PCC president YS Sharmila's son.
According to sources, the senior Congress leaders may discuss the selection of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Telangana with PCC president Revanth Reddy, party state in-charge Deepa Dasmunshi, and others during this visit. The Chief Minister has already announced Vamsichand Reddy as the candidate for the Mahabubnagar constituency and the remaining 16 seats are left to be selected.
PCC vice-president Mallu Ravi was recently appointed as the representative of the state government in Delhi by the government. He announced on Friday that he had resigned from this post and sent a letter to the CM to get the Nagarkurnool ticket. Former Alampur MLA Sampath Kumar and some other leaders are also trying hard for this seat.
It is expected by party circles that offering the Secunderabad seat to backward classes will give support to the Congress in the city. Congress leaders believe that there is a possibility that the rival BRS will also give the Secunderabad ticket to a backward community leader.