Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) elevated its seat rely in Telangana to eight however the state celebration chief, G. Kishan Reddy, determined to make a 116 km journey from Hyderabad to Kamareddy constituency to congratulate Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy. And with excellent purpose.
Ramana Reddy, 54, simply defeated the outgoing chief minister Okay.Chandrashekar Rao and a frontrunner for the highest put up, Revanth Reddy, in Kamareddy.
“We decided to felicitate him in his constituency since he has become the biggest winner for the BJP,” mentioned one celebration employee. “He is a giant killer.”
Barely recognized past his constituency until outcomes day on Sunday, Ramana Reddy has since gained instantaneous fame. Kamareddy was meant to be the place the place KCR and his arch rival Revanth had been meant to settle their long-standing grudge.
It’s Saffron Wave in Kamareddy.
Hearty Congratulations to Shri Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy @kvr4kamareddy on profitable the Kamareddy seat.
This can be very heartening that our Kamareddy Candidate, Shri Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy has defeated each the Telangana CM KCR and… pic.twitter.com/IOafHGpFXn
— G Kishan Reddy (@kishanreddybjp) December 3, 2023
As a substitute, the BJP candidate received by 6,741 votes in opposition to KCR and Revanth Reddy who trailed by over 11,000 votes, in response to the Election Fee (EC) information. The precise profitable margin can be introduced Monday.
“He is a very strong leader. People thought that if Revanth Reddy or KCR wins, there will be a by-election since both were contesting from two seats. Both are parachute leaders,” BJP spokesperson N.V. Subhash informed ThePrint.
Ramana Reddy is rarely out of his constituency and barely ever visits the celebration workplace in Hyderabad’s Nampally, he added.
Regardless that the Congress’s Mohd. Shabbir Ali had cultivated this constituency, he was moved away to subject Revanth Reddy as KCR had determined to contest from Kamareddy aside from his residence constituency of Gajwel.
A number of different locals referred to Ramana Reddy because the “son of the soil” since he has labored extensively within the constituency. In 2018, Ramana Reddy got here a distant third, bagging simply over 15,000 votes as in opposition to Gampa Govardhan of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) who tallied over 68,000 votes, in response to the EC information.
Ramana Reddy grew to become a family identify when he championed the protests in opposition to KCR’s alleged transfer to usurp agricultural land in Kamareddy by its masterplan, Subhash mentioned.
The draft grasp plan recognized a number of zones within the area, classifying them as inexperienced and industrial, in round eight villages of the constituency. This fueled worry inside the farming neighborhood of lack of lands.
Ramana Reddy’s protests and unrelenting stand had gained him an ardent following among the many native inhabitants. “He has built community halls and homes in almost all the villages using his own money,” mentioned one chief.
His work through the Covid pandemic was one more reason why he was so fashionable among the many plenty, Subhash mentioned.
(Edited by Tony Rai)
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