It would have been a routine contest in Kamareddy Assembly constituency but for the presence of two leaders in the fray — BRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and State Congress chief A. Revanth Reddy. The political battlefield in Kamareddy has suddenly electrified with the two political heavyweights ready to take on each other on November 30 and with a first-timer — Katipally Venkataramana Reddy of BJP — also entering the fray.
The BRS chief chose to contest from a second seat, Kamareddy, after five-time MLA Gampa Goverdhan was dropped. Once Mr.Rao chose the second constituency apart from Gajwel, Mr.Revanth Reddy also put his hat in the ring by filing his nomination papers from there. As a result, former Congress Minister Md.Ali Shabbir had to shift to Nizamabad Urban constituency.
A keen triangular contest is in the offing with the three parties trying to woo voters in a big way. While Mr.Venkataramana Reddy is single-handedly spearheading his campaign by invoking the local sentiment and targeting the two heavyweights, the BRS and the Congress leaders are promising the electorate that they are lucky to have one CM and another CM in the making (with reference to Mr.Revanth Reddy).
