Hyderabad, Sept. 5 -- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has directly challenged former chief minister and BRS president K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), asserting that the Congress will retain power in the state and win 100 seats in the upcoming Assembly election.

Addressing a public meeting, Revanth Reddy said he was throwing an open challenge to KCR and other BRS leaders and declared that the Congress would not back down from the political battle.

"No one is going to back down. Write it in history. Remember it for the rest of your life. These Congress workers will dig the ground for you and bury you in this very land," Revanth Reddy said.

The Chief Minister said he was confident of a strong Congress performance in the next election an...