The rift within the Telangana Congress intensified on Thursday as the party’s disciplinary committee took action against several of its leaders over their “anti-party” and “anti-chief minister” remarks, people familiar with the matter said.
Sushmita claimed that the Konda family had played a key role in projecting CM Revanth Reddy for the TPCC president’s post and introducing him to the Congress high command. The PCC disciplinary committee headed by Nagarkurnool MP Mallu Ravi, who condemned Sushmita’s comments, also issued show-cause notice to former minister and Telangana state planning board vice-chairman G Chinna Reddy for allegedly accusing the state Congress leadership of selling tickets in the last assembly elections. “These leaders have been asked to submit their explanations within three days. The Congress high command has taken serious note of the rising voices of rebellion within the Telangana Congress in the recent past.
A show-cause notice was issued to state endowments minister Konda Surekha, holding her responsible for her daughter Konda Sushmita’s disparaging remarks against the party and chief minister A Revanth Reddy, according to Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief B Mahesh Kumar Goud. “After becoming the chief minister, power has gone to his head and he has forgotten those who supported him during his political rise,” she alleged. The party views these comments as a violation of the party line,” Mahesh Kumar Goud told reporters in Nizamabad.
On Wednesday, Sushmita’s remarks made during her mother’s birthday celebrations at Parkala in Warangal district, triggered an uproar in the state Congress unit. Besides, the PCC on Thursday suspended senior Congress leader Jakkidi Prabhakar Reddy, the father of Telangana Youth Congress president Jakkidi Shivacharan Reddy for allegedly making personal and caste-related remarks against several party leaders.
