The Gandhi Bhavan was witness to the emotional outburst of several Congress leaders, who wept over being denied party ticket for the upcoming Telangana Assembly elections, while the followers of some resorted to burning effigies of State Congress chief A. Revanth Reddy and party flags.
Followers of P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, who was seeking the Jubilee Hills ticket, burnt the party flags and pelted stones at the flexis of the Congress leaders at Gandhi Bhavan protesting the denial of ticket to him. Mr. Reddy, who is the son of former Congress heavyweight P. Janardhan Reddy, lost twice on the party ticket. Congress has decided to field former Indian cricket captain Mohd. Azharuddin.
Mr.Reddy’s sister Vijaya Reddy in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) was given the ticket from Khairatabad that was once represented by her father. She was elected as Khairatabad corporator on BRS ticket but joined Congress last year. Party leaders said only one member of Mr.Janardhan Reddy’s family could be given a ticket and it decided to choose Ms.Vijaya Reddy.
