Its poor performance has largely been due to infighting between senior leaders who projected themselves as chief ministerial candidates. Now, hope has emerged for the many loyal party workers in the form of the new president, A. Revanth Reddy, a sitting Congress MP from Malkajgiri. Congress leaders argued that Huzurabad hasn’t been a Congress seat for decades, but the result nevertheless hurt the party. Mr. Reddy is charismatic and dynamic but these traits will not revive the party’s fortunes and help it dethrone a strongman like Mr. Rao. The Congress cadre hopes that Mr. Reddy has that will.

Source: The Hindu December 01, 2021 00:51 UTC