Telangana people are looking at Khammam want to know about the future course of action.The Congress meeting venue in Khammam is spread over an area of 100 acres and Congress leaders are expected to mobilise five lakh people for the meeting.
Khammam is decked up with leaders’ faces, with cut-outs, buntings and posters of Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Bhatti, among others, adorning every nook and corner.
Arrangements were also in full swing for the public meeting by the president of the Khammam town.
The meeting will mark the entry of former BRS MP Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, a Khammam native, into the Congress, in a move that is expected to boost the party’s prospects for 10 Assembly seats in the region.
Srinivas Reddy was swayed towards the Congress based on extensive surveys held with former BRS counterpart from Mahbubnagar, Jupally Krishna Rao.
Rahul Gandhi will arrive at Gannavaram airport at 3.30 pm by a special flight and reach Khammam by helicopter to address the meeting at 5 pm.
He will then leave Khammam by road to Gannavaram, from where he will board a flight to New Delhi.
The Congress also credited Bhatti’s yatra for forcing K. Chandrashekar Rao to take up the distribution of pattas to tribals. The party also attributes the yatra to fostering togetherness and minimizing internal bickering.
