P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, on the way of his father - P. Janaradhan Reddy, consolidates his position in the constituency of Jubilee Hills..

Congress consolidates its position

Special Correspondent

-PHOTO: K. RAMESH BABU 
 
All smiles: Congress candidate P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy is all smiles after winning the Jubilee Hills Assembly seat on Saturday.

HYDERABAD: The Congress which contested all the 29 seats in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts had further strengthened its position by winning 14 seats in the elections. A surprising development was the victory of the party’s rebel candidate Qutbullapur, K. Srisailam Goud taking the tally to 15 seats.

Though technically the ruling party fielded candidates in all the seats, it’s an open secret that it had fielded candidates in old city just to split the votes to ensure the victory of the MIM candidates in seven segments.

That would mean that barring the five seats bagged by the Telugu Desam in Ranga Reddy, one seat each by the BJP and Lok Satta, it had won all the remaining seats.

Another feather in the cap of the Congress in these two districts is the winning of three Lok Sabha seats in Malkajgiri, Chevella and Secunderabad, while its ‘undeclared ally’, the MIM retained the Hyderabad seat.

Victorious

Congress candidate Sarvey Satyanarayana emerged victorious in the newly formed Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency, which saw a keen multi-cornered contest.

Telugu Desam nominee T. Bheemsen, T. Devender Goud of Praja Rajyam and N. Indrasena Reddy of Bharatiya Janata Party were the serious contenders.

But the result came as a surprise with the TD candidate standing at second position, pushing the BJP and PR candidates to third and fourth positions respectively. Of the main political parties, only Congress and TD have a strong network in all the seven Assembly segments.

Thus, the main contest was between Mr. Satyanarayana and Mr. Bheemsen.

However, the Congress nominee was at advantage since some Assembly segments were part of the erstwhile Siddipet which he earlier represented.

Being an articulate leader, nature of easily mingling with the cadre and contact with the locals by virtue of sitting MP, were his other plus points.

Described as an outsider, the TD contestant was new to the constituency. He relied heavily on the party supreme N. Chandrababu Naidu’s charisma and its election-time cash transfer scheme and colour TV distribution promise.

Except Kukatpally, the Congress nominees in the remaining six Assembly constituencies were strong and won with convincing majority making it a cakewalk for Mr. Satyanarayana.

Surprisingly, the BJP which had strong base in Kukatpally could secure much less votes compared to its rivals.

Tearful adieu paid to P Janardhana Reddy - 'PJR Amar Rahe'

Hyderabad, December 29, 2007

The last rites of the senior Congress leader and Khairtabad MLA, P Janardhana Reddy who died of heart attack were performed at Amberpet cremation with full Police honours on Saturday evening. His son, Vishnuvadhan Reddy lit the pyre as per Hindu tradition even as police fired in the air thrice. The family members and follower of the leader wept inconsolably while slogans like 'PJR Amar Rahe' rented the air.

The Party State affairs in charge Veerappa Moily and AICC secretary Iqbal Singh went to the residence of PJR in the morning and paid homage to the departed leader. Draped in party flag and placed on flower decked van, the body was taken to Gandhi Bhavan in a huge procession that passed through Khairtabad and Nampally. Thousands of Congress workers and followers followed the procession even as several leaders including V Hanumantha Rao, M Sashidar Reddy, Mukesh Goud, L Rajagopal and S Satyanaryana accompanied the body. The body was placed at Gandhi Bhavan for more than one and half hours to enable the people to pay their last respects.

The funeral procession wound is way through Mozamjahi Market, Putlibowli, Koti, Chaderghat and Nimboliadda before reaching the crematorium. The Chief Minister, Dr.YS Rajasekhara Reddy, Union Ministers T Subbirami Reddy, S Jaipal Reddy and M Pallam Raju, TDP leader T Devender Goud host of state ministers and MLAs attended the funeral.

P. Janardhan Reddy was a politician and labour leader who had served as MLA five times for the Hyderabad constituency of Khairtabad....

P Janardhan Reddy

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P Janardhan Reddy
Born	12 January 1948 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	December 28, 2007 (aged 59) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Smt. P. Sulochana
Profession	Union leader

P. Janardhan Reddy (also known as PJR) (January 12, 1948 – December 28, 2007), was a politician and labour leader who had served as MLA five times for the Hyderabad constituency ofKhairtabad. He was MLA for the constituency in 1978, 1985, 1989, 1994, and 2004 until his death.

Contents  [hide] 1 Education 2 Entry into politics 3 Death 4 External links

[edit]Education

He attained a Polytechnic Diploma.

[edit]Entry into politics

Starting his career as a trade union leader in 1967, Reddy was first elected to the assembly in 1978. He was Labour Minister in the ministry headed by his mentor T Anjaiah in 1980. He had been a known loyalist of Gandhi family (Indira, Sanjay, Rajiv, and Sonia).

He was suspended from the party on several occasions for running a 'dissident campaign' against the state Congress leadership or chief ministers.^{[citation needed]}

[edit]Death

Reddy suffered a heart attack on December 28, 2007, while on his way to a party meeting. He was rushed to hospital but died on the way. On the day he died all the shops were closed.

After his death, his son P Vishnuvardhan Reddy was elected to the MLA

Kairthabad is one of the biggest constituency in India. Now it is divided into four constituencies; Reddy family members are going to contest two of them.

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