Political observers felt that the inadvertent statement from Revanth Reddy exposed the covert understanding between the BJP and the Congress in Telangana
TMC's deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, said Gandhi appropriately raised the Manipur issue, which the Centre was "trying to avoid" in Parliament
The AICC in a statement said that Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the candidature of Chandy Oommen as the party candidate for the byelection to the Puthuppally constituency