For the upcoming by-poll in Telangana state, Congress party on Tuesday announced Padmavathi Reddy as its candidate.
Telangana is slated for assembly by-poll on its Huzurnagar constituency. The by-poll has been necessitated due to the election of its former leader Uttam Kumar Reddy to the Lok Sabha seat. Uttam Kumar Reddy won from the Nalgonda Lok Sabha constituency in 2019 elections.
Padamathi Reddy is the wife of Uttam Kumar Reddy. Congress hopes to retrace the win from this seat in the forthcoming by-poll.
A statement released by All India Congress Committee under the direction of Mukul Wasnik says:
“The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, has approved the candidature of Padmavathi Reddy as Congress candidate for the ensuing by-election to the Legislative Assembly of Telangana from 89 – Huzurnagar Constituency.”
The dates of the by-poll were announced by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on previous Saturday.
By-polls for 64 seats across 18 states is to be held on October 21 alongside the assembly elections of Maharashtra and Haryana. The counting of votes will take place on October 24.