Uttam Kumar Reddy, PCC chief of Telangana, is currently Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly from the Huzurnagar constituency. It is known news that he was Former Minister of Housing. He is now contesting again from the same constituency. TRS announced its candidate for Huzurnagar against Uttam Kumar Reddy as Shanampudi Saidireddy. He is an NRI. However, now there is an interesting sentiment being discussed among people about Uttam Kumar Reddy.
Uttam Kumar Reddy is currently PCC chief for Telangana. Prior to him, Ponnala Lakshmaiah was PCC chief. He not only failed to steer Congress into victory in 2014, he himself failed to win as MLA. He contested from Janagama in 2014 but he lost it to Yadagiri Reddy, candidate of TRS. While TRS MLA got 48% votes, Ponnala got only 29% votes. This was a humiliating defeat for PCC chief. In 2009 also, same was the fate for PCC chief D. Srinivas. He contested from Nizamabad (urban) constituency but he lost it to BJP candidate Lakshmi Narayana.
So, in the last 2 elections, PCC chief himself was losing elections. This time also there have been rumors in Huzurnagar constituency that, it is not easy task for Uttam Kumar Reddy to win this time. We will have to wait and see if Uttam breaks the sentiment that Congress party PCC presidents lose as MLA. We will have to wait for 2 more weeks to know if Uttam breaks the sentiment or not.
