Video of Congress MLA aspirant’s family crying over ticket denial goes viral

Hyderabad: Emotional scenes at Patel Ramesh Reddy's home as he was denied Congress ticket. Family wept & cried. He was expecting the ticket but lost to former Minister Ramreddy Damodar Reddy. Video of women members crying inconsolably went viral.

Emotional scenes were witnessed at Congress ticket aspirant from Suryapet constituency Patel Ramesh Reddy’s home as his family wept and cried over the denial of ticket to him in the final list of the Congress for the Telangana Assembly polls 2023

Mr. Ramesh Reddy, who was expecting the ticket, lost the race to former Minister Ramreddy Damodar Reddy and as the news reached him, he wept along with his family members. A video of women members of the family crying inconsolably along with Mr. Ramesh Reddy went viral. “Why does this happen to us every time,” a lady member was heard even as she was weeping.

Family members of #Congress leader Patel Ramesh Reddy burst into tears after the #Suryapet ticket went to Ramreddy Damodar Reddy. Patel Ramesh Reddy was asked to sacrifice his seat in 2018 too in favour of Damodar Reddy. @INCIndia @Manikrao_INC #TelanganaElections2023 pic.twitter.com/JkmXKmyc1i— Ravikanth Reddy (@rravikanthreddy) November 10, 2023

Mr. Ramesh Reddy was denied the Suryapet ticket in the 2018 elections too, with the assurance that he would get the opportunity in the Parliament elections from Nalgonda. However, in the changed circumstances, then Congress chief, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy contested from Nalgonda Parliament seat and won. Later, he resigned as the Huzurnagar MLA.

Denied the opportunity twice, Mr. Ramesh Reddy was hoping to get the ticket this time as his friend A. Revanth Reddy was the Telangana Congress president. In fact, he joined the Congress along with Mr. Revanth Reddy resigning from Telugu Desham Party (TDP) before the 2018 Assembly elections.

Meanwhile, Mr. Damodar Reddy, a senior leader of the party who worked as a Minister in the Y.S. Rajashekhar Reddy cabinet, lost the 2018 elections to Power Minister G. Jagadish Reddy. He had earlier represented the Tungaturthi constituency but moved to Suryapet after his constituency was reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Sources said Mr. Damodar Reddy got the nomination with the support of Nalgonda MP, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Bhongir MP, Komatireddy Venkata Reddy, who have considerable control over Nalgonda district Congress politics. They are also arch rivals of the TPCC president, A. Revanth Reddy.