Hyderabad: Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said that the Congress party will not win in Munugode by- polls, if I campaign for Congress. In an informal chit-chat with his supporters in Australia he said that if I campaign for the Congress, there will be an increase of some 10,000 votes.

TRS and BJP are influencing the voters with money. Congress cannot pump in money to such an extent, he said. It’s enough for me. I have been elected five times as an MLA and MP for 25 years. I fought for Telangana formation. I wanted to embark on a Padayatra, but one group in the party is not letting it happen.

A video of Venkat Reddy’s interaction with his followers is being circulated on social media platforms, as was an audio clip in which the speaker, purportedly the MP, can be heard urging a Congress supporter to vote for BJP contestant and his brother Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy. It may be noted that the AICC Telangana in-charge Manickam Tagore has already reported Venkat Reddy’s indifferent attitude to the party high command.