Hyderabad:
Public assault on Chief Minister Revanth Reddy by the daughter of a senior minister in his Cupboard has introduced the rebel brewing within the Telangana Congress to the fore.
Konda Sushmita, who’s the daughter of senior minister Konda Surekha and is aspiring for a Congress ticket from Parkal, has thrown an open problem to the chief minister.
Talking in Parkal on Wednesday, Sushmita not solely challenged Revanth Reddy’s backing of sitting MLA Revuri Prakash Reddy but additionally questioned his authority and threw down an electoral gauntlet.
Sushmita’s remarks go effectively past a traditional ticket dispute. Reacting to the chief minister’s public backing of the sitting MLA, she requested: “Why wait two years? Ask him to resign proper now! Inform him to resign and contest the elections.” She then went on to declare: “Whether or not you, your father, or your grandfather come, I would be the MLA of Parkal.”
She additionally made it clear that she was able to contest as an impartial if Congress denied her a ticket.
She doubled down on her assault on the chief minister asking: “Who’s Revanth to determine my ticket?”
She accused the Revanth Reddy of “conceitedness” and alleged that his management had turned the Congress right into a “TD Congress”, claiming that unique Congress leaders had been sad with the path of the social gathering.
She additionally alleged a Rs 200-crore land deal involving the chief minister’s brother and warned that she may expose what she described as different alleged scams involving Revanth Reddy’s household.
Celebration went into injury management mode after the gorgeous and open assaults on the chief minister. The state Congress disciplinary committee has sought a proof from minister Konda Surekha inside three days over her daughter’s remarks towards the chief minister.
In a separate motion, senior chief Jakkidi Prabhakar Reddy was suspended, whereas former minister and Planning Board vice-chairman Chinna Reddy was additionally requested to elucidate his place.
The disciplinary strikes got here after the Congress excessive command had already pressured that indiscipline on the ministerial stage wouldn’t be tolerated and that inner variations should be settled.
The developments have additionally introduced the Komatireddy issue again into focus. Munugode MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy has publicly criticised the Revanth Reddy authorities, elevating allegations of corruption and questioning the position of outsiders and sections of the administration.
On the coronary heart of the confrontation is an previous fault line: previous congress vs new.
The old-guard contains senior leaders similar to Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, D Sridhar Babu, Damodar Rajanarasimha, Konda Surekha and veteran leaders similar to V Hanumantha Rao. A number of of those leaders had earlier expressed reservations about Revanth Reddy’s rise and his elevation as TPCC chief.
The Revanth-era energy construction, in the meantime, is centred on the Chief Minister and the organisational community constructed round his management, together with TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud, CWC particular invitee Ch Vamshi Chand Reddy and leaders similar to Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy, Rajya Sabha MPs Anil Kumar Yadav and Vem Narender Reddy.
Ministers together with Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy and D Anasuya Seethakka have additionally been labeled as “Revanth loyalist”.
As Telangana Congress tussle has come out in open, the Congress excessive command now faces a fragile selection: crack down and danger alienating veterans with robust regional bases, or accommodate dissent and danger weakening the chief minister’s authority.
