Malkajgiri, the largest constituency in Telangana, has become a battle of the turncoats with all the top three contestants having jumped parties — Eatala Rajender a former Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)/Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) minister is contesting under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) flag, P. Sunita Mahender Reddy is the Congress candidate, having moved from BRS and R. Laxma Reddy is contesting from BRS having quit the Congress.
The constituency adjoining the twin cities, but bereft of sufficient civic infrastructure, has gained prominence because its last representative has been none other than Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy himself. He had, in fact, resigned from his MP seat to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Telangana in December last.
His win in 2019 elections despite the BRS flag flying high gave Mr. Revanth Reddy a much needed boost to his political career as he had lost in the then Assembly elections few months before from Kondungal constituency. As an MP Mr. Revanth Reddy could get closer to Rahul Gandhi, become the Congress president despite opposition from the old guard and steered the party to victory in the 2023 Assembly polls against all odds.
