Business tycoon GVK Reddy (Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy) is one among the four Congress probables to be sent to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. According to reliable sources, chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy's wish list for the four Rajya Sabha vacancies that are slated to fall vacant in March-April is said to include Chiranjeevi, Renuka Chowdhary and Shabbir Ali, apart from GVK Reddy.

Of the six vacancies that will arise, based on the strength of the AP assembly, the Congress can bag four while the TDP can account for the remaining two seats. The other names that Kiran Kumar Reddy is reportedly in favour of are that of Chiranjeevi and Renuka Chowdhary. “Both these leaders have been promised a RS nomination by the Congress high command. For the fourth seat, the CM is not averse to former minister Md Shabbir Ali. But those who are retiring as well as others leaders too are lobbying for the upper house ticket. So, finally, it will be New Delhi’s call,” said Congress sources.

The four vacancies that the Congress can bag will arise due to the retirement of Dasari Narayana Rao, G Sanjeeva Reddy, Rashid Alvi and K Keshava Rao. According to the sources, the Congress high command is not keen on re-nominating Keshava Rao and Narayana Rao, while it has still not taken a decision on Sanjeeva Reddy and Alvi, the sources added.