Telangana Elections: BRS begins appeasement? 39 out of 115 MLA candidates from Reddy community

Hyderabad: The BRS announced its first list of MLA aspirants for the upcoming 2023 Telangana State Assembly elections, on Monday. Of the 115 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) candidates, 39 are from the Reddy community.

The number of Reddy community members on the list is being looked upon as an appeasement factor.

Political analyst (on condition of anonymity) explained, “The reason to give tickets to Reddy candidates is also an appeasement of this section of the society which comprises a large section of influencers. KCR would not want Reddy's voting against him (especially in favour of Congress). KCR would like the Reddy community to get consolidated in favour of the BRS party. For this reason, CM KCR is keen that they are on his side during these elections.”

The Reddy community is a dominant factor and their members play a major role in the political landscape. While all Reddys are not affluent, their influence in consolidating the votes and coming together as one chunk of voters has a huge impact. They are dominant in various government sectors and also play a huge role in the education and information technology sector in Telangana.

Another political analyst explained, “Dalit Bandhu scheme is not appreciated by many members of the Reddy community. They are feeling left out in the economic system. Due to this reason, they could tilt towards the Congress party and that would be a problem for BRS. To not let this happen, there is a lot of stress being given to them now.”

The list of Reddy members in the first BRS MLA aspirants are:

1. A Indrakaran Reddy – Nirmal

2. G Vittal Reddy – Mudhole

3. A Jeevan Reddy – Armoor

4. Pocharam Srinivas Reddy – Banswada

5. Vemula Prashanth Reddy – Balkonda

6. Dasari Manohar Reddy – Pedappali

7. P Kaushik Reddy – Huzurabad

8. P Sudarshan Reddy – Narsapet

9. C Dharma Reddy – Parkal

10. G Venkataramana Reddy – Bhupalapali

11. K Uppendera Reddy – Palair

12. M Padma Devender Reddy – Medak

13. Mahareddy Bhupal Reddy – Narayankhed

14. G Mahipal Reddy – Patancheru

15. K Prabhakar Reddy – Dubbaka

16. C Malla Reddy – Medchal

17. B Laxma Reddy – Uppal

18. M Kishan Reddy – Ibrahimpatnam

19. D Sudheer Reddy – L B Nagar

20. P Sabitha Indira Reddy – Maheshwaram

21. K Mahesh Reddy – Parigi

22. Pilot Rohit Reddy – Tandur

23. T Ajit Reddy – Malakpet

24. M Sitharam Reddy – Chandrayangutta

25. S Sunder Reddy – Yakutpura

26. P Narender Reddy – Kodangal

27. S Rajender Reddy – Narayanpet

28. C Laxma Reddy – Jadcherla

29. A Venkateshwar Reddy – Devarakadra

30. C Ram Mohan Reddy – Makthal

31. S Niranjan Reddy – Wanaparthy

32. B Kirshna Mohan Reddy – Gadwal

33. Marri Jandardhan Reddy – Nagarkurnool

34. B Harshwardhan Reddy – Kollapur

35. S Saidi Reddy – Huzurnagar

36. G Jagdish Reddy – Suryapet

37. K Bhupal Reddy – Nalgonda

38. Kusuntala Prabhakar Reddy – Munugode

39. Paila Shekar Reddy – Bhongir