Warangal: Senior Congress leader Billa Sudheer Reddy staked his claim for the Palakurthy seat in an unprecedented manner: He said he was a bigger rowdy than his rival. He suggested that one needed to be a gangster to get a Congress ticket.
Addressing the media at Raiparthy, Mr Sudheer Reddy, the TPCC secretary, said: “I became a rowdy sheeter for the Congress. I fought for the party and the party workers for years and during that time I got a rowdy-sheet against me. I am a senior party worker in Palakurthy and a senior rowdy sheeter too. So I must be given the party ticket.”
Mr Sudheer Reddy was pressing his claims against local party leader Janga Raghava Reddy.
“I have been working for the party in a dedicated manner, while Raghava Reddy shifted to many parties for his evil deeds. He is notorious among the people and will not win the elections. If the party wants to field a winning candidate, they must choose a dedicated party worker,” he said.
“There are other party leaders like former Rajya Sabha member Rapolu Anandha Bhaskar and former MLA Dugyala Srinivas Rao who have a good and clean image. Janga Raghava Reddy would only spell doom for the Congress if fielded in the upcoming elections,” he warned.
