Hyderabad:
Telangana Congress chief Konda Surekha distanced herself from her daughter’s criticism of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and even reached out to the social gathering excessive command – all in an try to save lots of her ministerial berth. Her efforts, nonetheless, turned out to be futile on Thursday after she was dropped from the Council of Ministers with speedy impact – a transfer she ascribed to “settling a grudge”.
After being dropped from the cupboard, the previous state Forest and Endowments Minister returned to her oft-repeated defence that she can’t be punished for her daughter Konda Sushmita’s actions. She known as her sacking “a conspiratorial motion” and argued that many politicians prior to now had escaped harsh punishment regardless of overtly criticising Congress bigwigs corresponding to Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
“I’ve not criticised the social gathering or the chief minister wherever. But, they issued me show-cause notices. Even after I responded to them, they weren’t happy and took conspiratorial actions towards me. Leaders like Mallu Ravi, Rosayya, and Jaipal Reddy have cases of severely criticising leaders like Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi. Those that criticised the Congress social gathering and the social gathering management are those persevering with of their positions immediately. It’s heartbreaking that they’re utilizing my daughter’s phrases towards me to settle a grudge,” she wrote on X.
She additionally accused the chief minister of blackmailing the social gathering excessive command into eradicating her.
“The excessive command has no intention to take away me. I do know that 100 per cent. However the Chief Minister indulged in blackmail politics, saying he would go if I’m not eliminated,” she instructed reporters later.
Surekha’s hassle started after her daughter criticised the chief minister and different social gathering leaders, attracting sharp reactions from the MLAs of the ruling social gathering.
She was requested to elucidate the remarks.
“Anticipating one other individual to take political accountability or demanding a proof for somebody’s opinions merely on account of household relations is improper,” she defined to the Telangana Congress unit.
She later met with Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan in Delhi to regulate the harm and clarify her place.
Her clarification proved insufficient. The social gathering’s disciplinary panel beneficial motion towards her.
On Wednesday, she claimed the decision for disciplinary motion towards her was influenced by “someone”. She, nonetheless, fell wanting naming the individual.
She additionally claimed she had despatched emails to high Congress leaders like Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi, explaining she did not share her daughter’s opinion in regards to the chief minister.
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Konda Sushmita’s Comment
Konda Sushmita needed a Congress ticket from Parkal. On Wednesday, she challenged Revanth Reddy’s backing of sitting MLA Revuri Prakash Reddy.
She mentioned she would contest the ballot independently and win it.
“Why wait two years? Ask him to resign proper now! Inform him to resign and contest the elections. Whether or not you, your father, or your grandfather comes, I would be the MLA of Parkal,” she mentioned.
Accusing Revanth Reddy of being “conceited”, she mentioned: “Who’s he to determine by ticket?”
Will not Give up Congress, Says Konda Surekha
Konda Surekha mentioned she hadn’t been spoken to by the social gathering’s excessive command earlier than her sacking.
“A candidate was introduced within the Parkal constituency for the upcoming elections, and social gathering staff had been requested to make sure the candidate’s victory. My daughter reacted to this and questioned why that candidate’s identify was introduced there and why it was obligatory to take action with out contemplating different constituencies. Now we have gained from this constituency three or 4 instances. I’m additionally an aspirant. How can a candidate be introduced there with out asking anybody? That was the difficulty,” she defined.
“Even when a prisoner goes to be executed, they ask him what his remaining want is. Equally, earlier than eradicating me, the excessive command ought to have instructed me: ‘You resign, in any other case we’re going to take this motion,'” she added.
She mentioned she wouldn’t resign from the social gathering.
“We’re not going to go away the Congress social gathering. My journey within the social gathering has been for round 30 years. My husband was additionally related to the Congress for a few years,” she mentioned.
