Harshavardhan quits Congress, enters MLC race

Hyderabad: Congress is facing a rebel problem in Hyderabad-Rangareddy-Mahbubnagar graduates MLC constituency with its spokesperson Galreddy

Harshavardhan

Reddy filing his nomination papers from this seat on Monday.

Harshavardhan sent his resignation to the party leadership in the morning and filed his nomination in the afternoon. He was seeking party ticket from the constituency but Congress had fielded senior leader and former minister G Chinna Reddy.

Though TPCC working president and Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy tried to pacify Harshavardhan to withdraw his nomination and assured him that the party will give him ticket for the teachers’ MLC constituency election to be held in 2023, Harshavardhan did not relent.

Speaking to TOI, Harshavardhan said, “I am confident that teachers, employees and youth will vote me to victory in the March 14 polls,” he said.


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