HYDERABAD: Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy was appointed star campaign for the Congress in Telangana by All India Congress Committee (AICC) interim president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday.
AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal said that the appointment orders came into effect immediately.
Reacting to the appointment, Venkat Reddy said he would tour the state to expose the failures of the TRS government. “We will discuss with Congress top leadership how to bring the party to power in Telangana,” he said.
Speaking to reporters in Nalgonda on Sunday, Venkat Reddy said that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was "cheating " the people with false promises. The Congress will end the family rule of Chandrashekar Rao soon, he said.
Venkat Reddy had begun his political career as a student leader with the Congress. He was elected to the Assembly for four times in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014. In 2018, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Bhongir constituency. Recently, he become active in Congress programmes, after staying away from the TPCC leadership.
