Hyderabad, September 23: Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanrayana expressed hope that the Congress party candidate would win the by-elections for the Banswada assembly seat to be held on October 13.
Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan on Thursday, Botsa announced that Srinivas Goud would be party’s candidate for by-polls. Goud had earlier held the post of PCC Secretary and is said to be a close associate of Minister Sudarshan Reddy. He hails from Backward Classes community.
Stating that winning or losing an election was part of the democracy, Botsa said it was more important to participate in the election than thinking about the results. However, he said the party was hopeful of winning the Banswada by-polls.
The PCC President claimed that the Congress party was neither against separate Telangana nor united Andhra Pradesh. He said that the Congress advocates equal development of all regions in the State. He said that the Congress party, the State and Central Governments would soon announce their decision on the demand for statehood for Telangana region.
——Agencies