The new Congress government is slowly settling down after the Cabinet expansion, but the city and neighbouring erstwhile Ranga Reddy district going unrepresented in the Ministry has raised the hopes of a few aspirants who are trying hard to push their case in the next expansion.
The ministry expansion is likely to be taken up soon as the Congress party has no other option but to strengthen itself in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and the erstwhile Ranga Reddy district with the Parliament elections just a few months away. The party drew a blank in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits that has 24 constituencies. It has won just three seats in the old Ranga Reddy district that is now divided into Ranga Reddy, Vikarabad and Medhcal districts, all spread around the city. The three winners here include T. Rammohan Reddy from Parigi, Malreddy Ranga Reddy from Ibrahimpatnam and Manohar Reddy from Tandur.
Among these three, Mr. Manohar Reddy is a first-timer while Mr. Malreddy Ranga Reddy has been MLA from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1994 and from the Congress party in 2004. Mr. Rammohan Reddy was an MLA from Parigi from 2014 to 2018. These two may emerge as the choice for the party if it wants city and its surrounding areas to be represented.
