Anumula Revanth Reddy, has been chosen as the brand new chief minister of Telangana, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal introduced on Tuesday.

“Honorable Congress President (Mallikarjun Kharge) has decided to go with Revanth Reddy, our PCC president, as the new CLP of Telangana Legislative Party,” Venugopal mentioned.

The Congress chief additional mentioned Revanth Reddy is a dynamic chief who campaigned in Telangana Assembly elections 2023 extensively with different senior chief.

The resolution to title Reddy as new Telangana Chief Minister was taken at a gathering attended by Congress president Kharge, senior get together chief Rahul Gandhi, get together’s basic secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal, other than leaders.

The assembly was additionally attended by DK Shivakumar, who apparently conveyed to the central management {that a} majority of newly-elected legislators within the state most well-liked Revanth Reddy over others.

According to experiences, 42 of 64 Congress MLAs supported Revanth Reddy for the submit of the subsequent CM of Telangana.

Who is Revanth Reddy, Telangana’s new CM?

Reddy was born on 8 November, 1969, in Kondareddypalli village of Nagarkurnool district.

The 54-year-old politician joined the Congress get together in 2017 and was appointed as the TPCC chief in 2021.

He began his political profession with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the scholar wing of RSS. In 2007, Reddy was elected as a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) as an unbiased candidate.

Reddy is a Lok Sabha MP and a two-time MLA. In 2009, he had represented within the Assembly of undivided Andhra Pradesh and later in Telangana Assembly in 2014.

He was additionally a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly from Kodangal constituency in 2009. However, he give up the get together after his involvement in an alleged bribing scandal.

Telangana Assembly elections 2023 consequence

In the lately concluded Telangana Assembly polls, Congress defeated the Ok Chandrasekhar Rao-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) by securing victory in 64 seats. The BRS trailed with 38 seats, whereas the BJP bagged eight seats.