N Kiran Kumar Reddy has become a hated figure among those leaders of the Congress party who come from the Telangana region.
Immediately after their return to Hyderabad from New Delhi on Sunday, senior Congress leaders Mohammad Ali Shabbir and Danam Nagender appeared to have undertaken the task of removing pictures of Kiran Kumar Reddy from all visible areas in the region.
They began the campaign from Gandhi Bhavan - the party's headquarters. Nagender himself replaced Kiran's picture, in the media conference hall, with that of Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Similarly, several photographs of Kiran Kumar Reddy were removed, wherever possible, by the Congress activists in Gandhi Bhavan and en-route the rally that they took out from Shamshabad Airport to Gun Park.
According to sources, directions have been issued to the Congress workers of Telangana to replace Kiran's picture with those of Telangana leaders or other national leaders. (INN)