Hyderabad, Jan.21 (RAHNUMA): Minister for Roads and Buildings Komatireddy Venkat Reddy formally launched his municipal election campaign as in-charge of Malkajgiri Parliamentary constituency on Wednesday.
The meeting, covering Ellampet, Moodu Chintalapally and Aliyabad municipalities under the Medchal Assembly segment, saw a large turnout of party cadre, infusing fresh momentum into the Congress ranks on the very first day of the campaign.
Addressing a key Congress workers’ meeting at Shubham function hall in Aliyabad, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said the Congress, with a 150-year legacy, is the party that realised the Telangana dream, and reiterated that committed workers would be given due recognition. He said candidate selection for the municipal elections would be transparent and survey-based, giving priority to leaders with strong public connect and winning potential.
The Minister further stated that AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge and Chief Minister Revanth Reddy had entrusted him with the responsibility of steering the municipal campaign in Malkajgiri, and he would work to justify that confidence by ensuring Congress victory across municipalities.
Taking on the BRS leadership, he described KTR’s remarks as “a joke”, questioning how a party that failed to secure a single parliamentary seat could aspire to return to power. He pointed out that Congress-backed candidates secured a majority in the recent sarpanch elections, and challenged the BRS to even cross 10 per cent in the forthcoming municipal polls held on party symbols.
Minister Komatireddy also criticised Opposition leader K. Chandrashekar Rao for remaining absent from Assembly sessions while drawing public salary, and said the State was burdened with interest payments on loans raised by the previous regime.
Reaffirming the Congress government’s commitment, Komatireddy said guarantees were being implemented in a phased manner, and asserted that pro-poor schemes such as fine rice distribution and Indiramma housing were possible only under a Congress government.
He expressed confidence that the Congress would continue in power for the next five years, while the BRS returning to office remained a distant dream
