Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday decided to drop his Cabinet colleague, Konda Surekha from the Council of Ministers with immediate effect, amid a row over the remarks made against him and others by the woman leader’s daughter.
A recommendation to this effect has been made to Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, a CMO release said.
Surekha, state Forest and Endowments Minister, has been in the eye of a storm following the critical remarks made by her daughter against the chief minister and other party leaders, drawing sharp responses from the ruling party MLAs and functionaries. Besides sacking Surekha, the chief minister also rescinded the appointment of G Chinna Reddy as Vice Chairman of State Planning Board with immediate effect. The developments came following confabulations held by CM Revanth Reddy, his deputy Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and state Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud with AICC leaders, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge and KC Venugopal, in Delhi during the last few days. The govt also decided to rescind Chinna Reddy’s appointment with immediate effect.
Pointing to the demand by several Congress MLAs to initiate disciplinary action against her for not condemning her daughter’s remarks against the CM and others, Surekha said none of the MLAs spoke voluntarily and that “somebody” was behind them.
Earlier reporting noted: The recommendation to remove Surekha from Council of Ministers has been sent to Governor Jishnu Dev Varma for approval. Surekha told reporters on Wednesday that she said she urged the party leadership to let her continue in the cabinet, asserting that she has been performing well as a minister and faced no allegations of corruption. Earlier reporting noted: CM Revanth Reddy drops minister Konda Surekha from cabinet, Chinna Reddy loses Telangana Planning Board post CM Revanth Reddy on Thursday decided to drop Endowments minister Konda Surekha from his cabinet. Earlier reporting noted: HYDERABAD: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday decided to drop Endowments minister Konda Surekha from his cabinet and rescind G Chinna Reddy’s appointment as vice-chairman of Telangana Planning Board, amid a continuing disciplinary row within Telangana Congress .
