Congress Wooing Local Leaders, Eyes Their Vote Bank in Adilabad
8 months, 1 week ago

Congress Wooing Local Leaders, Eyes Their Vote Bank in Adilabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The Congress is aiming to draw in leaders from other parties, with an eye on winning their communities’ support for the Lok Sabha polls. The party is inducting former MLAs, MPTCs, ZPTCs, Sarpanches, and ward members of BRS and other parties to strengthen its base at the grassroots apart from an aim to win the Adilabad LS seat. Former MLAs Koneru Konappa of Sirpur, Vittal Reddy, Rathod Bapurao of Boath, Nirmal municipal chairman Gandrath Eshwar and ten ward councillors have already joined the Congress. In-charge minister of Adilabad LS constituency Seethaka, Khanapur MLA Vedma Bojju, and other district Congress leaders have been asked by the top leadership to draw in leaders of other parties to strengthen the ruling party’s electoral base. Congress party is focusing on the induction of leaders from the general category so as to draw support from the non-tribals, which is crucial in winning the Adilabad seat.

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