Ahead of the polls, Congress MLA Komatireddy Venkat Reddy earlier sparked controversy after a video of him allegedly saying, "Sonia Gandhi is going to give the CM position to me" was widely shared on social media.
The assets declared by the 2,290 candidates contesting in the upcoming Telangana election shows that Congress candidates have the highest wealth on paper on average, and the party also has some of the wealthiest candidates overall.