Congress Seeks CPI Support for Graduate Constituency Elections

Congress leaders have approached the Communist Party of India (CPI) leadership seeking its support in the upcoming graduate constituency elections in Telangana. Leaders of both parties met at the CPI state headquarters in Hyderabad to discuss the elections and explore the possibility of CPI backing for Congress candidates.

The Congress delegation appealed to the CPI leaders to extend their support, underlining the importance of cooperation between the parties in the electoral contest.

The meeting was attended by TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud, ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Azharuddin, Rajya Sabha member Vem Narender Reddy, and MP Mallu Ravi. They represented the Congress in discussions with the CPI leadership on the graduate constituency polls.

The CPI delegation included state secretary Koonamneni Sambasiva Rao, MLC Nellikanti Satyam, and national executive committee members Palla Venkat Reddy and Chada Venkat Reddy.

Several other CPI leaders also participated in the meeting. They included state secretariat members V.S. Bose, E.T. Narasimha, Takkallapalli Srinivas Rao, Kalaveni Shankar and Bala Narasimha, along with other party representatives.

The meeting provided an opportunity for leaders of the two parties to discuss the upcoming elections and Congress’s request for CPI support. The outcome of the discussions and the CPI’s final position on extending support to Congress candidates were not specified in the information available.

The outreach comes as Congress seeks to consolidate support ahead of the graduate constituency elections, with discussions between the two parties focusing on the electoral contest.