Botsa defends fielding three candidates in RS polls

PCC President Botsa Satyanarayana on Saturday defended the Congress party's decision to filed only three candidates for the six Rajya Sabha seats that went to polls on Friday.

Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan here, Botsa said that only three candidates were fielded to eliminate the possibilities of horse-trading by the candidates. He said that the party too the decision in view of the strength of different political parties in the Assembly. He said the fourth official candidates by the Congress party could have lead to corrupt practices and horse trading. Therefore, by fielding only three candidates, the Congress party ensured free and fair elections.

Botsa dismissed the allegations leveled by TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu of matching fixing between the Congress and TRS. He alleged that Naidu was good at such practices and therefore, the TDP chief accuses all others of indulging in match-fixing for political gains.

The PCC chief also informed that Congress High Command would take a decision on the possible action against senior MLA Daggubati Venkateshwara Rao for casting rejection vote in the Rajya Sabha polls. He said a report in this regard has already been sent to the High Command.