A bitter fight of supremacy is on among the top Telangana Congress leaders over the Suryapet and Thungathurthy seats in Old Nalgonda district even as the party has announced its three lists leaving four seats pending including the above two.
Suryapet seat has turned out to be a bone of contention for the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief A. Revanth Reddy and other seniors like former Minister K. Jana Reddy, Nalgonda MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy. The party has in three phases announced 114 candidates, replacing two named nominees and allotted a seat to CPI. Candidates for Suryapet, Miryalaguda, Thungathurthy (SC) and Charminar seats have not been finalised yet.
Party sources said the three top guns of old Nalgonda district are backing the candidature of five time MLA and former Minister R. Damodar Reddy from Suryapet seat, which he had lost last time to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Minister K. Jagadishwar Reddy. The TPCC chief it is understood is keen on getting ticket to his friend and schoolmate Patel Ramesh Reddy.
