Senior leader Naini Rajender Reddy (50) has been appointed full time president of District Congress Committee (DCC) here on Monday.
He served the party in various capacities in NSUI, Youth Congress before being appointed as Library Committee chairman by then Chief
Minister Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy. Mr. Rajender Reddy took over as DCC incharge president in April 2014 before last the general elections with D. Madhava Reddy resigning protesting over denial of Assembly ticket.
According to party sources, AICC president Sonia Gandhi has issued orders appointing Mr Rajender Reddy as full time president of DCC. He thanked Sonia Gandhi, TPCC president Ponnala Lakshmaiah, state incharge Digvijay Singh and other leaders over his appointment. TPCC media convenor E V Srinivasa Rao and other leaders congratulated Mr Reddy.