HYDERABAD: Having drawn a
blank in the recent bypolls to seven assembly constituencies, the ruling
Congress has begun preparations for the ensuing byelections to 18 seats in right earnest.
As part of preparations for the bypolls, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and the PCC president are likely to hold a meeting with party leaders of various constituencies tomorrow, party sources said.
In the wake of reports of serious differences between the Chief Minister and the PCC president, they were "summoned" to Delhi this week and told by AICC in-charge of party affairs in AP Ghulam Nabi Azad to sink their differences and focus on the next round of bypolls.
In the seven assembly seats, where bypolls were held last month, the Congress failed to win a single seat. Particularly disappointing to the Congress was the defeat in Kovur, where the nominee of Jagan won and the Congress candidate stood a distant third.
Having been alerted by the party leadership in Delhi, the state Congress leaders have now begun the exercise to win the elections. State Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana held a meeting with leaders and activists in Srikakulam district today.
The bypolls in 16 of the 18 seats are necessitated due to the disqualification of Congress MLAs, who switched loyalty to Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and voted against the Congress government during a floor test in December last, while the sitting member quit in support of Jagan in another seat.
The bypoll in another seat (Tirupati) is caused after the resignation of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi, following his election to the Rajya Sabha.
The vacancies arose in March and April and the bypolls have to be held within six months.
As part of preparations for the bypolls, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and the PCC president are likely to hold a meeting with party leaders of various constituencies tomorrow, party sources said.
In the wake of reports of serious differences between the Chief Minister and the PCC president, they were "summoned" to Delhi this week and told by AICC in-charge of party affairs in AP Ghulam Nabi Azad to sink their differences and focus on the next round of bypolls.
In the seven assembly seats, where bypolls were held last month, the Congress failed to win a single seat. Particularly disappointing to the Congress was the defeat in Kovur, where the nominee of Jagan won and the Congress candidate stood a distant third.
Having been alerted by the party leadership in Delhi, the state Congress leaders have now begun the exercise to win the elections. State Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana held a meeting with leaders and activists in Srikakulam district today.
The bypolls in 16 of the 18 seats are necessitated due to the disqualification of Congress MLAs, who switched loyalty to Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and voted against the Congress government during a floor test in December last, while the sitting member quit in support of Jagan in another seat.
The bypoll in another seat (Tirupati) is caused after the resignation of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi, following his election to the Rajya Sabha.
The vacancies arose in March and April and the bypolls have to be held within six months.
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