HYDERABAD: With two Rajya Sabha seats from Telangana set to fall vacant within the next two months, the Congress is actively considering nominating former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy, who was also the INDIA bloc’s V-P candidate in 2025, for one of the seats, according to sources.
The move is seen as a key development as the high command weighs names with national stature and Telangana roots. Sources said that CM A Revanth Reddy discussed Sudershan’s possible nomination with the party leadership during his recent visit to Delhi. It’s yet to be known whether he would be willing to contest.
At the same time, senior SC advocate and AICC leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi is likely to be renominated. Singhvi was elected unopposed in a byelection in 2024 to fill a truncated two-year term, and is being considered for a full term, sources said.
CM’s key aide among RS seat hopefuls
Other names doing the rounds include the chief minister’s close aide Vem Narender Reddy, while sections within the party leadership, particularly from BC communities, are also hopeful of representing the party in the Upper House.
According to Rajya Sabha records, KR Suresh Reddy of the BRS and Singhvi are scheduled to retire in April. With its current strength in the Assembly, the Congress is aiming to secure both seats.
Meanwhile, a top leader in the Congress insisted that one of the party MLCs was likely to be nominated to Rajya Sabha. He said that the party plans to send Minister Mohammed Azharuddin, who is required to get elected to state legislature within the next three months, to the Council. This, the source reasoned, would mean that an MLC who would vacate his seat, which would be rewarded with a RS seat.