The Congress' central leadership sprang a surprise by
nominating senior Telangana leader Palvai Goverdhan Reddy and APCC
general secretary Rapolu Anand Bhaskar as the party candidates, who were
not at all in the reckoning.
Former Union Minister
Renuka Chowdary and erstwhile Praja Rajyam chief K. Chiranjeevi are the
other two nominees. Loyalty to AICC president, Sonia Gandhi appeared to
have played key role in finalisation of these candidates.
Mr. Chiranjeevi was named as the nominee as part of the agreement he had with the high command after merging his party.
Mr.
Anand Bhaskar, a BC leader from Padmasali community is a close aide of
former PCC chief D. Srinivas and a key figure at Gandhi Bhavan, the
Congress party headquarters. Ms. Chowdary's proximity to Ms. Gandhi and
demand that representation be given to the Kamma community seems to have
led to her selection.
Party leaders maintained that
the high command had the final say in the selection while the Chief
Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and APCC chief Botcha Satyanarayana had
little role.
TDP nominees
Meanwhile, the
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) finalised the names of C.M. Ramesh and T.
Devender Goud as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections.
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