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Congress to sound the poll horn in Telangana today
The Congress would ring the polls in Telangana on Sunday with party leader Rahul Gandhi addressing a public meeting in Khammam. Congress State Legislature Party (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka’s ‘padayatra’ will also conclude at the rally.
Gandhi would felicitate Vikramarka, who began his march on foot near Adilabad, covering 1,360 km in 108 days as on Saturday, party sources said. In the meeting, former Khammam MP Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy would join the Congress.
Srinivas Reddy and former minister Jupally Krishna Rao recently announced their decision to join the party. The Congress’ victory in the recent Karnataka elections has given a boost to the party’s unity in neighboring Telangana.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president and MP A Revanth Reddy has said that the party would end the BRS government in the state with the rally in Khammam.
Reddy, who inspected the arrangements for the public meeting on Friday, said the Congress would sound the election horn with the Khammam rally and expressed confidence that the meeting would be attended by more people compared to the public meeting previously organized by the ruling BRS in the city. .
The new Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly is likely to be announced today
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai said that it will be known on Sunday who will be the Leader of Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly. According to party sources, the legislative meeting of the BJP party is likely to take place on Sunday to elect its leader, who will also be the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, ahead of the legislative session starting on July 3.
“It will surely be known tomorrow evening,” Bommai told reporters in Chikkamagaluru on Saturday, in response to a question on who will be the leader of the opposition.
According to BJP sources, the party’s national general secretary in charge of Karnataka, Arun Singh, has already gathered views of the newly elected legislators, and the new leader is likely to be chosen based on this and the outcome of consultations with the leadership national BJP. .
Bommai and former Union minister and leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal are said to be front-runners for the post.
Questions were raised from various quarters, including the ruling Congress, about the delay in the election of the Leader of the Opposition by the BJP. In addition, there were criticisms alleging the lack of a strong or capable face in the BJP and infighting over the delay in the appointment.
