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Not in the game now, Congress eyes 2019 polls in Seemandhra

Hyderabad: Certainly not in contention for power in Seemandhra, Congress sees the May 7 elections in this successor State of Andhra Pradesh as preparations for the 2019 polls even as it hinted that it may

Singh dismissed suggestions that the Congress is “nowhere in the picture” in Seemandhra.  

“We have our workers intact. Leaders may have gone but the workers are still with the party,” he said.  

Union Minister and senior party leader Jairam Ramesh admitted that its a ridiculous statement to make that Congress would come to power in Seemandhra.  

“Our strategy is to ensure a decent, respectable and politically significant vote percentage. Thats our primary objective,” he said and noted that a lot of people, including M M Pallam Raju, have stayed back in the Congress.  

“Its not true to say that everybody has gone. People who have business interests to protect, have gone.