If the Congress high command has its way, former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will contest as party candidate for Warangal Lok Sabha seat in the forthcoming by-elections.
According reports, the party high command had asked Warangal District Congress Committee to pass a resolution requesting Meira Kumar to contest the by-election from Warangal LS seat.
Accordingly, they sent the resolution to the high command last week. In all probability, her candidature will be discussed at the TPCC meet in a day or two.
Daughter of former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram, Meira Kumar has several advantages: first, she is a woman and hence, her political rivals would think twice before launching an attack on her.
Secondly, she is from Madiga community, which is predominant in Warangal.
Thirdly, Meira Kumar enjoys the credibility of playing a crucial in getting the AP AP Reorganisation Bill-2014 passed thereby forming the Telangana State.
She was the one who had conducted the voting on the bill by closing all the doors and shutting down the live telecast.
And lastly, if Meira Kumar is fielded, all the local Congress leaders would work unitedly for her victory; otherwise, there is every possibility of an internal sabotage by the party leaders against one another.
