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As the Chief Minister announced that leaders who strive for the party success would be given priority in appointment of nominated posts, many leaders are making a beeline to Gandhi Bhavan.

AICC general secretary KC Venugopal during a conference meeting from New Delhi with the State leaders on May 7 had pointed out that there was no coordination between MLAs and incharge Ministers in a few constituencies, which could prove counter-productive.

The AICC general secretary held a video conference from New Delhi with Congress leaders in the State on Tuesday.

Velichela Rajender Rao has been named as the Karimnagar candidate, while Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy was nominated from Khammam. Mohammad Waliullah Sameer was given the Hyderabad ticket.

AICC Telangana incharge Deepa Dasmunsi, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu, Cabinet Ministers and a few senior leaders from the State participated in the meeting.

Srihari and Kavya joined the Congress from the BRS on Sunday.

After TPCC senior vice president G Niranjan appealed to the AICC not to encourage fielding of defectors from BRS in the elections, former MP V Hanumanth Rao expressed similar opinions.

The AICC CEC which met in New Delhi on Tuesday has reportedly kept Khammam ticket selection pending as the committee could not arrive at a consensus over the issue.

The party had even finalised Khammam, Nalgonda or Bhongir as the possible constituencies from where she could fight the elections.

Last week, the State unit had passed a unanimous resolution authorising AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge to finalise the candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections.

We are going to do it under the leadership of AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge," he said.

The Chief Minister is accompanied by a few senior officials, with Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy expected to join him later in the day.

The Chief Minister is likely to meet the AICC leadership, including Congress Parliamentary party president Sonia Gandhi and discuss different issues, including allocation of portfolios for Ministers, said a senior leader from Telangana Congress.

The uncertainty over the new Chief Minister of Telangana is still continuing with the AICC leadership holding meetings with observers and other leaders, including contenders for the post, in New Delhi.

The Congress Legislature Party (CLP), which met here on Monday, has authorised AICC Chief Mallikarjun Kharge to appoint the new CLP leader.

TPCC denied Vishnuvardhan Reddy an MLA ticket, instead opting for Mohammed Azharuddin in Jubilee Hills.

The AICC has announced Mohammad Azharuddin, former Member of Parliament from Moradabad, as the candidate for the Jubilee Hills assembly constituency.

What surprised many was that even before a candidate had joined the party and assured a ticket from a constituency, the survey results indicated that he would win with a bumper majority.

Addressing a news conference, he said the Congress party leadership ought to implement what it had promised in Telangana in all the Congress-ruled states including Karnataka and Rajasthan if it was sincere on the welfare and development of the Dalits and tribal communities.

Khera questioned the presence of Chinese national Woo Uyanbe in sensitive Gujarat towns near Pakistan and how he defrauded 1200 people of Rs 1400 crores in just nine days.