Will quit if Revanth Reddy made PCC chief: V Hanumantha Rao

HYDERABAD: Even as the Congress high command is expected to finalise the name of TPCC president in a couple of days, party veteran and former MP V Hanumantha Rao has threatened to quit the party if Malkajgiri MP A Revanth Reddy is made the party chief in Telangana.
Among the top contenders for the post are Revanth, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, D Sridhar Babu, Madhu Yashki Goud, Marri Shashidhar Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar and Jeevan Reddy.
“Not only me, a large number of seniors would leave the party if the high command finalises the name of Revanth for the key post. I am urging Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi to appoint a Congress loyalist to the coveted post and not those who came into the party two to three years ago,” Rao said.
Revanth Reddy, who was in Delhi, reacted sharply to Rao’s charges. “This is a clear case of a campaign to malign my image when the exercise to finalise the TPCC chief’s post is in the final stages,” he told TOI. Revanth is expected to return to Hyderabad in the early hours of Saturday.
Shashidhar Reddy took a safe stand stating the party needs to give confidence to the people and keep the core strength of the party intact by selecting a Congress loyalist.
There is also a section of leaders within the Congress who are strongly in favour of Revanth being given the party president’s post and submitted their opinion to AICC in charge of Telangana Manickam Tagore during the consultation process.