HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday said that the target of the Congress was to win at least 14 of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana. A victory in the upcoming General Elections will be a referendum on our 100-day administration, he asserted.
Revanth was speaking at a meeting with important leaders of the Chevella parliamentary constituency. The chief minister, who is also the TPCC president, reviewed the party position in the constituency and discussed strategy for the coming election with Congress Chevella candidate Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar, MLA T Rammohan Reddy and other senior leaders.
During the meeting, Revanth said that it was only the Congress that could ensure social justice. He said that throughout the state, people are favourably inclined towards Congress and that the party’s six guarantees will ensure victory for its candidates.
The party high command is selecting candidates on the basis of opinions at the field level and surveys, he said.
Revanth opined that Chevella, Secunderabad and Malkajgiri constituencies are related to each other and the party has selected Ranjith Reddy, Danam Nagender and Sunita Mahender Reddy respectively as the candidates for these seats after detailed deliberations.
The TPCC chief demanded to know what the BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has done for Telangana in the past 10 years. “Pranahita- Chevella irrigation project has not been completed.
The MMTS train service has not been extended up to Vikarabad. Modi took a ‘bullet train’ to Gujarat but failed to bring the MMTS train to Vikarabad. Modi, who developed the Sabarmati riverfront in Gujarat, did not give funds for the development of the Musi riverfront,” he alleged.
Revanth also alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre was not keen on the Regional Ring Road.
“This is a great opportunity to develop our state. Our region will develop only if Congress candidates win in the Lok Sabha elections. Rahul Gandhi walked thousands of kilometres to stand by the activists and save the country,” he said.
The chief minister also confirmed that the Congress plans to hold a massive public meeting on April 6 or 7 in Tukkuguda. The meeting would be attended by Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi and release the party’s manifesto and its national-level guarantees.
Campaign to start from TG
Congress to launch nationwide poll campaign from Tukkuguda on April 6 or 7
Kharge and Rahul to release the party’s manifesto and announce its guarantees at the public meeting