Recently, the Congress made it clear that it will contest 95 seats in the upcoming Telangana Assembly Election 2018. Under the seat sharing agreement, the party has allotted 14 seats to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and 10 to Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) and the Communist Party of India. Reports suggest that Congress has fielded leaders including Uttar Kumar Reddy, Revanth Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar, Sabita Indrareddy, DK Aruna and Jana Reddy, among others in the state.
The Congress has already announced farm loan waiver of up to Rs. two lakh and Rs. 3,000 monthly dole to unemployed youth, among other assurances, if it comes to power. The TRS has also announced candidates for 107 constituencies in the state.
Recently, TRS leader KT Rama Rao trained guns at Congress President Rahul Gandhi for criticising the state government over including irrigation projects. Rao accused Rahul Gandhi of uttering lies about the government. Mocking Gandhi over Congress’ loss in Amethi in UP civic elections, Rama Rao said “Uttar Pradesh is your own state. You should first win there.”