Hyderabad: In response to a challenge by caretaker minister K.T. Rama Rao, TPCC working president A. Revanth Reddy said he would quit politics if he lost in his Kodangal Assembly constituency.
“I will quit politics if I lose in Kodangal as stated by Rama Rao. He should also stick to his word and quit politics after my win is declared,” the Congress leader said.
The cash-for-vote scam, Mr Revanth Reddy’s high decibel entry into the Congress and attacks on the TRS leadership have pushed him and the constituency into the limelight. The tax raids and his midnight arrest ahead of the polls, which attracted national attention, focused much attention on him, so much so that Kodangal was one of the constituencies where the outcome is the subject of much betting. The TRS has worked hard to defeat the Congress leader.
Speaking to mediapersons on Sunday, Mr Revanth Reddy said the People’s Front would win the elections. “The victory of the People’s Front will be presented to Sonia Gandhi as her birthday gift,” he said.
Mr Revanth Reddy also attacked the Election Commission, asking how was caretaker Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s name listed in two polling stations. He said, “The name of the Chief Minister was mentioned in the voters’ list at Chintamadaka in Siddipet constituency, where he voted, and at Yerrapally in Gajwel constituency. How can the Chief Minister register his vote in two places?”
“He will be jailed for a year for this. We are demanding action against Mr Chandrasekhar Rao. Many votes in the state were missed. The voters were removed suspecting that they would vote against the TRS. Though the Congress alerted the EC, it did not take any action,” he added.
