Ex-MP Vijayashanti not to contest in Telangana Assembly polls

Former MP and star campaigner for Congress in Telangana, Vijayashanti said she does not have any inclination towards contesting in the ensuing Assembly elections and would give it a thought if the party asked her to contest in the Lok Sabha polls.

She also said the top brass of the State leadership is indulging in brainstorming sessions on designing campaign for the party and a clear picture would emerge in a day or two.

"It is my decision not to contest in the Assembly polls. It is not party's decision.. I told Rahul Gandhi when I met him last time that I would work towards strengthening the party..

Though he asked me to contest I refused.. Whatever the high command decides I will obey.. If they ask me to contest for Lok Sabha, I will think about it," she told PTI.

The veteran actress who was in Telangana Rashtra Samiti and served as a member of Parliament in 2009 switched loyalty to Congress in 2014 and unsuccessfully contested from Medal Assembly seat.

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