Hyderabad: The Congress on Saturday named Sucharita Reddy, wife of deceased MLA Ramreddy Venkata Reddy, as its candidate for Palair Assembly seat for which bypoll will be held on May 16.
After consulting the family members of the departed leader, the party finalised Ms Sucharita’s name, disclosed TPCC chief N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and working president Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka here. They appealed to other parties to support the Congress nominee and teach the TRS a lesson.
Meanwhile in Vijayawada, TD chief N. Chandrababu Naidu left the decision to contest or support other parties to TS TD leaders.He advised to them to weigh the pros and cons and take a decision. According to sources, the TD may support the Congress candidate but not declare it publicly.
