Hyderabad, Mar 5 (UNI) Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President & MP Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday said that the Congress party did social justice by nominating Sabavath Ramulu Naik, a Girijan, as its candidate in MLC elections for Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates constituency.
Uttam Kumar Reddy, along with Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka, was addressing the party leaders and workers in a meeting through Zoom App, a party release here said.
He said that the no party has ever made a SC or ST leader as its candidate from the Graduates constituencies. In the current elections, all parties have nominated Reddy community leaders as their candidates from Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates constituency.
However, he said with the intention of doing social justice, Congress president Sonia Gandhi nominated Ramulu Naik, a Girijan, as party's candidate from a general category seat. Therefore, he said it was the duty of the entire Congress cadre to work hard for the victory of Ramulu Naik in the MLC elections.
Uttam Kumar Reddy said TRS MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy had no moral right to seek votes in the MLC elections. He said Rajeshwar Reddy, in the last six years as MLC, did nothing either for the welfare of graduates or the unemployed youth. He said that TRS leaders were now trying to win elections by spending ill-gotten money and supplying liquor among voters.
The TPCC Chief said that the main contest in the MLC elections from Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda constituency was between Congress and TRS. He said that voting for Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) President Prof M Kodandaram would go waste as he was not a strong contender in the elections.
He said all graduates should unitedly vote only for the Congress candidate to defeat TRS. He said there were strong chances of Congress winning both the MLC seats. Therefore, he said that the Congress cadre should work hard in all six districts to convince graduates to vote in favour of Congress party to defeat TRS and BJP.
Uttam Kumar Reddy slammed the BJP Government at Centre for huge rise in the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. He said that the price of a litre petrol was about Rs 70 in 2004 which has now increased to nearly Rs. 100.
He said the oil price at the international level was about USD 110 per barrel in 2004 and now it stands around USD 56 per barrel. Despite huge fall in oil prices at the global level, the BJP Government was not passing on the benefit to consumers. Instead, both BJP Govt at the Centre and TRS Govt in Telangana have increased the taxes by almost 60%. He said the rise in fuel prices was leading to a huge increase in the prices of all essential commodities and services. The Central and State Govt will reduce the fuel prices if TRS and BJP candidates lose MLC elections, he said.
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