For a Chief Minister, no festival greeting carries more weight than one exchanged face-to-face with the people who sent him to power. On Thursday, 22 October 2026, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy hosted a warm open-house gathering at his residence in Kodangal — his home constituency — welcoming locals and party leaders who turned out in large numbers to exchange Dasara wishes.

The Chief Minister's Office of Telangana shared the occasion on X, describing the meeting as deeply personal: 'aatmiyanga samaveshamayaru' — 'came together warmly' — with constituents and local leaders. Revanth Reddy greeted each visitor individually, inquiring about their well-being, and the festive atmosphere at Kodangal grew livelier with every handshake.

Kodangal's Festival Moment With Its Most Famous Resident

Kodangal is more than a political address for Revanth Reddy — it is the constituency that has defined his career. Located in southern Telangana, Kodangal sent him to the state assembly and, indirectly, to the Chief Minister's chair after the Congress party's December 2023 victory in the Telangana assembly elections. An open-house during Dasara, then, is as much a homecoming as it is a political ritual.

Hundreds of residents and local leaders made the journey to his residence, turning what is traditionally a family festival into a community event. The post notes that Revanth Reddy personally engaged with every visitor — asking after families, exchanging blessings — an image of accessibility that is central to his political identity in the constituency.

A Tried-and-Tested Playbook for Festival Outreach

Chief ministers hosting open-house interactions during Dasara is well-worn practice in Indian state politics. The festival — also called Navaratri or Dussehra — marks one of the most socially active periods in the Telugu calendar, and the Telangana government typically organises parallel state-level celebrations. The Kodangal gathering sits alongside those larger events but carries a distinctly personal register: no dais, no formal address, just the CM among his own.

Such meetings also serve as informal feedback loops, giving local leaders a direct channel to raise constituency concerns — from road conditions to welfare scheme access — outside formal bureaucratic structures.

For Revanth Reddy, whose Congress government is still in its early-to-mid phase of governance, keeping that Kodangal connection alive is both sentimental and strategically sound. When your Chief Minister greets you at his door on Dasara, the festival feels a little different.