HYDERABAD: With its main candidate P Kaushik Reddy being snatched away by the ruling TRS, the A Revanth Reddy-led new team of Congress is faced with the challenge of searching for a formidable candidate for the ensuing bypoll to Huzurabad assembly constituency.
Top leaders of the Congress, including Revanth, former deputy chief minister Damodar Raja Narsimha—who is the Huzurabad election in charge—and senior leaders from Karimnagar district met here on Wednesday to shortlist candidates for the bypoll.
The problem for the Congress is that many of the second rung leaders too have either joined TRS or there are allegations from the local party cadre that they are discretely working for the ruling party.
After the meeting, Telangana Congress president A Revanth Reddy made it clear that no one will be spared, including him, and that stringent disciplinary action would be taken against those indulging in anti-party activities.
However, the election strategy committee did not announce the names of probable candidate for the bypoll.
It was decided that former MP and election strategy committee chairman Damodar Raja Narasimha would finalise the name and announce it.
