Congress chief Revanth Reddy might be sworn in as Telangana Chief Minister on Thursday (File).
New Delhi:
Revanth Reddy, 56, would be the new Chief Minister of Telangana, the Congress mentioned this night, placing to relaxation almost 48 hours of frenzied hypothesis following its victory in Sunday’s election.
Underneath scrutiny for delays in confirming Mr Reddy to the highest publish – he was reportedly backed by over 40 of the celebration’s 64 newly-elected MLAs – the Congress will now transfer swiftly to put in their man; the swearing-in has been scheduled for Thursday, senior chief KC Venugopal advised reporters.
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The energetic face of the Congress’ marketing campaign, Revanth Reddy is well-travelled – with stints within the BJP’s scholar wing, the BRS (then the Telangana Rashtra Samithi) and the Telugu Desam Social gathering.
He now faces a troublesome job not solely with working the federal government but additionally consolidating and increasing the celebration’s features forward of subsequent yr’s Lok Sabha election. There may be additionally the little matter of the Meeting election in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, which can also be due subsequent yr.
Mr Reddy’s surge to the highlight started in 2021, when he was appointed as boss of the Congress’ Telangana unit – a pointy promotion for somebody who solely joined the celebration 4 years earlier.
The celebration’s regard for him was evident by the variety of occasions he shared stage house with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi throughout marketing campaign occasions; the obvious camaraderie on present in Hyderabad, when Mr Gandhi joined his colleague in waving “bye-bye” to KCR, the outgoing Telangana Chief Minister.
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A forceful younger man, Mr Reddy has since galvanised the Congress in Telangana; the ceremony putting in him as President of the celebration’s state unit was thronged by a whole lot, and he was a relentless presence on the streets, main protests on a bunch of points in opposition to the then ruling BRS.
His dynamism earned him accolades (and votes) and in addition some shocking moments.
Earlier this yr, throughout a rally in Telangana’s Bhupalpally district, an unidentified man threw an egg at him. The egg missed however {that a} grinning Mr Reddy marched on underlined his decided nature.
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All has not been clean crusing although, together with his aggressive type of functioning ruffling feathers inside the Congress, particularly of those that had spent a long time within the celebration.
Luckily for the Congress, that aggression has been well-channeled on this election.
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Revanth Reddy, who has been a MLA, a MP, and can now be a Chief Minister, started his political journey with the scholar wings of each the Congress’ rivals on this election – the BRS and BJP.
His first political workplace was in 2006 – he received a Zilla Parishad election.
The subsequent yr he was a MLA – in then undivided Andhra Pradesh – as an impartial candidate. In 2009 he was again as a MLA, this time on the books of ex-Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP.
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He confronted a setback in 2015 – he was allegedly caught on digicam making an attempt to bribe a MLA to vote in favour of the TDP in a legislative council election. He was despatched to jail however later secured bail.
After a couple of years in political wilderness, Mr Reddy joined the Congress in 2017 and was elected to the Lok Sabha from Telangana’s Malkajgiri two years later, earlier than being made state boss in 2021.
Born to a household of farmers in Mahbubnagar district, Mr Reddy has a level in Tremendous Arts and is married to Geetha, a Congress chief’s niece. The 2 have a daughter – Nymisha – who has a son.