{"id":495543,"date":"2023-12-05T19:56:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=495543"},"modified":"2023-12-05T19:58:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:28:28","slug":"revanth-reddy-telangana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/revanth-reddy-telangana\/","title":{"rendered":"Revanth Reddy to be next Telangana Chief Minister, swearing-in on December 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Congress party announced Telangana Congress Chief Revanth Reddy will be the next chief minister of the state on Tuesday. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said the swearing in ceremony is going to take place on December 7. The Congress party did not reveal whether there will be one or more deputy chief ministers and what role senior leaders from Telangana will have in the government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reddy has been credited for the Congress party\u2019s thumping victory in the Telangana state elections. He was the face of the Congress\u2019s winning campaign. Revanth Reddy is a Lok Sabha MP and a two time MLA. He represented the assembly of undivided Andhra Pradesh in 2009 and later in Telangana assembly in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reddy started his political career with the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS. In 2007 he was elected as a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) as an independent candidate. Later Reddy joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly from Kodangal constituency in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO | &quot;The Honourable Congress President has decided to go with Revanth Reddy as the new CLP of Telangana Legislative Party. Revanth Reddy is working as the PCC president. He a dynamic leader who campaigned extensively with other senior leaders. We are very sure that the first\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s2ifjWZHX0\">pic.twitter.com\/s2ifjWZHX0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTI_News\/status\/1732025300031242540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He quit the party after he found involved in an alledged bribing scandal. He joined the Congress party in 2017 and was appointed as the TPCC chief in 2021. The 54 year old leader earned many critics within the party ranks after he changed the style of functioning as a state Congress chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was projected as a big stage leader and addressed many high ticket rallies in the campaigning for the assembly elections. Reddy is known to take on KCR and his family in his speeches and interviews. In a historic win the Congress party defeated the K Chandrasekhar Rao led (BRS) government as it crossed the majority mark by winning 64 seats in Telangana. The BRS trailed with 38 seats, while the BJP improved its 2018 tally by winning eight seats. \u00a0The AIMIM won 7 seats, while the CPI could manage only one seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reddy has been credited for the Congress party\u2019s thumping victory in the Telangana state elections. 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