Revanth Reddy to lead Telangana; Chief Minister's swearing in ceremony on Thursday

HYDERABAD: PCC President Revanth Reddy, who gave Congress a glorious victory in Telangana, has been decided as the next Chief Minister. The AICC decision was announced by KC Venugopal, general secretary in charge of the organisation. The Congress won the governance by defeating Chandrasekhar Rao's BRS. Congress won 64 seats in the 119-member assembly. Revanth Reddy will take over as Chief Minister on Thursday.

Revanth Reddy took over the reins of the party in 2021 after PCC President Uttam Kumar Reddy resigned due to the defeat in the Lok Sabha elections. He was the MP of Malkajgiri at that time. Since then, he has united the people of Telangana with the party by fighting KCR head-to-head. He had to work tirelessly to bring the Congress to the fore even as the BJP became the main rival of the ruling BRS.

Although Revanth received an unexpected backlash for going to Kamareddy to contest against Chandrasekhara Rao, his glorious victory in the Kodangal constituency made him safe. The victory in Telangana is the result of the 54-year-old's round-the-clock efforts along with leaders including Rahul Gandhi.

As the Congress's progress was evident in the counting of votes, the activists started celebrating in front of Revanth Reddy's house and at the Congress headquarters in Telangana. After this, Revanth celebrated the victory with the activists by conducting a road show in a vehicle.

Revanth was an ABVP member during his studies and later joined the Telugu Desam Party. He was the TDP MLA from Kodangal in 2009 and 2014. He reached Congress in 2017.