All Cong leaders will not be responsible for by-polls results: Rayapati

Guntur MP Rayapati Sambasiva Rao on Thursday said that except for the conveners and district in-charges, other Congress leaders should not be held responsible for the results of by-elections to be held in 18 assembly seats and one Parliament constituency.

Talking to reporters at the State Secretariat, Samabasiva Rao said that although all Congress leaders, especially the elected representatives, would campaign unitedly to ensure the victory of party's candidates, they should not be held responsible for the results. However, he expressed confidence that the party would win a majority of seats in the next by-elections.

Samabasiva Rao also denied allegations that the State Government was releasing more funds for the constituencies where by-elections are scheduled to be held. He said that the funds were being released for the works that were sanctioned in the Rachabanda and Praja Patha programmes.

The Guntur MP also clarified that he did not give any complaint against Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy during his meeting with Union Minister and party observer Vayalar Ravi. He said that the Chief Minister has been performing well and he had no complaints with him.