As the Congress party grapples with the selection of candidates in two Parliament seats where it certainly has an edge – Karimnagar and Khammam, the delay is hurting its chances and may impact its plans to win 12 seats.
In Karimnagar, both the BRS candidate B. Vinod Kumar and BJP candidate Bandi Sanjay are way ahead in campaigning, covering nearly half of the constituency by now while the Congress is yet to finalise its candidate. The two aspirants Praveen Reddy and Velichala Rajender have to start from scratch if one of them is preferred.
A senior Congress leader told The Hindu that this inordinate delay is sending wrong signals to the cadre and the constituency. “There are just two options left and one of them should be picked up immediately. Such delay is not acceptable when the party is in power.”
