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Congress wants to capture Naidu's constituency

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Buoyed by the success the party achieved in the Panchayat Raj elections, the Congress Legislature Party has now set a target of capturing the Kuppam Assembly constituency, represented by TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu, in the 2009 elections.

"We are moving strategically and we have elected Kuppam ZPTC member as the chairman of Chittoor Zilla Parishad. This is only a beginning and Mr. Naidu will have to search for a new constituency in the next elections," Government chief whip N. Kiran Kumar Reddy said.

At a press meet here on Tuesday, he demanded that Mr. Naidu step down from his post owning moral responsibility for TDP's debacle in polls. "Mr. Naidu criticises a sincere and honest officer like A.V.S. Reddy. But, what can Mr. Reddy do when the people are not prepared to vote for the TDP?" he asked.

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