Revanth Reddy president of Telangana Congress
Revanth Reddy, 54, a former Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA who first gained experience in the right-wing student union Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), has barely been president of the Telangana Congress for two years. He has guided the historic party to a spectacular win in the state’s assembly elections.
Old-timers Uttam Kumar Reddy and Revanth Reddy took over as Congress state president in 2021. At that point, he had been a member of the Congress for more than four years, during which time the party had failed to unseat Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR).
By winning byelections and gaining four MLAs in the state of Telangana by 2021, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also started to gain traction in the state. After its then-leader Bandi Sanjay spread the saffron throughout the hinterland of Telangana, the BJP quickly established itself as a formidable force in the state.
“At this point, all of us in the Congress got together and decided that we had to step up our game,” stated Congress spokesperson Srikanth Bhandaru. At that point, Revanth Reddy assumed leadership roles and took control of the story. It is well known that Reddy marshaled support from within the Congress to bring all the rival factions together and put an end to dissension among senior legislators who had started to lean towards the BJP.
Revanth Reddy started visiting constituencies in 2022, and the results of his campaign started to come in. The BJP’s blunder of overthrowing Bandi Sanjay and installing a submissive Even before the election season began, Kishan Reddy helped the Congress take the lead. Former minister and working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), KT Rama Rao, told HT earlier that the Congress has surpassed the BJP as the second-largest party.
The Congress, which was trying to make inroads in Southern India, was only bolstered by the Karnataka victory. Revanth Reddy was able to persuade about thirty-five BRS leaders at different levels to defect and join the Congress after the elections were declared, therefore fortifying the party. “The February padayatra of this year was a watershed in his life.
He started attacking the family and going straight after KCR. According to Hari Kasula, the founder of PsyBe, a Hyderabad-based campaign strategy company, “this was something that no Congress leader had dared to do earlier.” The Gandhis’ support of Reddy also contributed to his confidence.
Revanth Reddy was being favored by the Telangana cadre, as observed by Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi. The Congress spokeswoman stated, “He speaks like the locals because he’s from Kodangal.” Sunil Kanugolu and Manick Rao Thakre, the state election chief and person in charge of Telangana elections, actively supported Revanth Reddy’s efforts in the lead-up to the election by providing the party with a strategy for Telangana voters.
Kanugolu’s team planned a district-by-district campaign to assist the local Congress leaders in presenting a compelling story to oppose KCR’s emotive statehood argument, while Thakre was successful in persuading the former Congress leaders in the BJP to return to their hometown.
Revanth Reddy’s availability and oratory skills also appear to have made an impression on the people, who viewed KCR primarily as a farm-house CM. The caste system, according to many in the Congress, also favored Revanth Reddy. Reddy would join the group of Reddys who helped the Congress party win Telugu state (previously the united Andhra Pradesh) if he is truly named chief minister.
The name of Revanth Reddy could be seen on the board at the entrance of Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad. It began with Neelam Sanjiva Reddy in the 1950s and continued with Marri Channa Reddy in the 1970s, K Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy in the 1990s, YS Rajasekhar Reddy and Kiran Kumar Reddy in the 2000s.
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