Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has reportedly set an ambitious target of securing a majority of over 25,000 votes for the Congress in the Jubilee Hills Assembly bypoll scheduled for November 11.
Revanth Reddy is said to have informed party leaders that the candidate selection process would be completed within the next two or three days. A panel comprising four names has been forwarded to the party high command for the final decision.
Before
recommending the list, the Chief Minister is understood to have personally assessed the electoral strengths and ground-level support of each aspirant.
Revanth Reddy on Tuesday held a key strategy meeting with AICC Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan and TPCC president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud to review preparations and finalise the party candidate.
The four shortlisted candidates include V. Naveen Yadav, Bonthu Rammohan, M. Anjan Kumar Yadav, and C.N. Reddy.