Bending backwards by Telangana Congress for Mynampally shows desperation!

HYDERABAD: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Revanth Reddy's shocking disclosure has opened a can of worms for the party. During an informal chat with the media, Revanth disclosed that Malkajgiri MLA Mynampally Hanumantha Rao and his son Rohith Rao, who quit the BRS recently, would join the Congress in New Delhi and both would be allocated tickets for the upcoming Assembly elections.

On Wednesday, Revanth said, “We are making an exception for the Mynampally family. We have promised them two tickets and they will be joining the party formally soon.”

Both Mynampally and his son have been gunning for Malkajgiri and Medak seat from the BRS respectively. While BRS president K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) did nominate Mynampally for the Malkajgiri seat, he chose to allot the Medak ticket to sitting MLA Padma Devender Reddy. Mynampally said he would contest polls only if his son was allocated a ticket and quit the party.

However Revanth's decision could backfire as many leaders in the grand old party who have been asking for two tickets per family were reportedly turned down and are now rumbling at this latest decision. This also goes against the All India Congress Committee (AICC)’s Udaipur Declaration.

In its Udaipur Declaration in 2022, the party had said, “If another member in one’s family is politically active, then only after five years of organisational experience that person should be considered eligible for Congress ticket.”

Several prominent leaders from the Telangana Congress have requested two party tickets each for the upcoming elections. Among them are Nalgonda MP Uttam Kumar Reddy, who has sought nominations for both himself and his wife N Padmavathi Reddy. Former minister Jana Reddy has made requests for his two sons, while Mulugu MLA D Seethakka and her son Surya have also asked for dual nominations. Additional leaders who have made similar requests include former minister Konda Surekha and her husband Konda Murali, former MP Anjan Kumar Yadav and his two sons, former union minister Balaram Naik for both himself and his son, former MLA P Vishnuvardhan Reddy and his sister Vijaya Reddy, as well as senior leader R Ramya Rao and her son Ritesh Rao, among others.

A few of these leaders are now waiting for the official word and could spell trouble for the party if Mynampally and his son are officially allocated tickets while kin of others are denied so despite working for the party.