Former TPCC chief and BC leader Ponnala quits Congress
1 year, 2 months ago

Former TPCC chief and BC leader Ponnala quits Congress

The Hindu  

Former Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief and former Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah has tendered his resignation to the Congress protesting the ‘humiliation’ being meted out to seniors in the party in selection of candidates for the Telangana Assembly Elections 2023. Capping the unrest among a section of senior BC leaders, who are angered at the manner in which names of certain veterans have been kept on hold ostensibly based on a survey carried out by the poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu, the first TPCC chief of Telangana State sent his two-page resignation letter to the All India Congress Committee President Mallikarjun Kharge. Mr. Lakshmaiah targetted the TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy and poll strategist Kanugolu Sunil for his decision. Claiming that he had served the party for last 40 years without any personal interest, the former TPCC chief said the happenings in the last two years had pained him a lot.

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TPCC Appoints Inactive Leaders as Coordinators for Vijayostavalu
1 month, 1 week ago

TPCC Appoints Inactive Leaders as Coordinators for Vijayostavalu

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee appointed the party’s inactive leaders as coordinators for Assembly Constituencies for the ‘Praja Palana Vijayostavalu’ from December 1-9 to bring them into action for the upcoming local body elections. TPCC president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud appointed these leaders as the coordinators since they were not actively participating in the party programmes after the party’s …

Congress Tries To Stop Jeevan Reddy From Quitting As MLC
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress Tries To Stop Jeevan Reddy From Quitting As MLC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Congress high command summoned MLC T. Jeevan Reddy to New Delhi on Wednesday in an effort to prevent him from resigning his post. Reddy has been upset with the Telangana Congress leadership since the recent induction of BRS Jagtial MLA M. Sanjay Kumar into the party, threatening to quit his MLC position in protest. Despite efforts by Deputy …

Telangana: Parties to go in for BC, SC men as state chiefs
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Parties to go in for BC, SC men as state chiefs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Leaders from subaltern sections are likely to lead the three major political parties in Telangana soon. The Congress high command is seriously considering to appoint a BC leader as the next TPCC chief after the three-year tenure of incumbent chief A. Revanth Reddy ends in July first week. With a BC leader holding the TPCC chief post only for …

Dakshina Kannada Congress chief rules out resigning over defeat in Lok Sabha elections
7 months ago

Dakshina Kannada Congress chief rules out resigning over defeat in Lok Sabha elections

The Hindu  

The president of Dakshina Kannada Congress Committee and MLC K. Harish Kumar on Friday ruled out him quitting as head of the committee owing moral responsibility for the defeat of party candidate Padmaraj R. Poojary in the Lok Sabha elections in Dakshina Kannada constituency. Responding to a section of party workers demanding his resignation on social media Mr. Kumar told …

Buzz grows over new TPCC chief, caste to be decisive factor
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Buzz grows over new TPCC chief, caste to be decisive factor

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: There has been a growing buzz in Congress circles over the appointment of a new president for the TPCC, with the conclusion of the Lok Sabha elections in the state. Senior Congress leaders from the Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities are making a strong pitch for the post since the Chief Minister hails from a leader …

TPCC Shortlists Candidates for 10 LS Seats; Sends List to AICC
10 months, 1 week ago

TPCC Shortlists Candidates for 10 LS Seats; Sends List to AICC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: TPCC's Pradesh Election Committee on Sunday shortlisted candidates for 10 Lok Sabha seats and referred them to the AICC's central election committee for final approval, according to party sources, even as BJP leader Bangaru Sruthi, daughter of the late Bangaru Laxman, met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. Revanth Reddy, the TPCC president, chaired the PEC meeting which picked the …

TPCC Delegation to Meet High Command for LS Polls Strategy
11 months, 4 weeks ago

TPCC Delegation to Meet High Command for LS Polls Strategy

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A delegation of senior TPCC members left for Delhi on Thursday to discuss with the Congress high command the strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Telangana. The group comprised Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, and ministers N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Danasari Anasuya, Konda Surekha and Ponnam Prabhakar. In the run-up to the Assembly polls, the Congress …

Veteran OBC leader quits Congress, likely to join BRS on Oct 16
1 year, 2 months ago

Veteran OBC leader quits Congress, likely to join BRS on Oct 16

Hindustan Times  

Veteran Other Backward Classes leader of the Telangana Congress and former minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Friday resigned from the party, weeks before the assembly elections in the state, alleging humiliation being meted out to him. Ponnala Lakshmaiah “I have sent my resignation letter to All India Congress Committee president Mallikarjun Kharge, explaining the reasons for my decision to quit the …

Congress focus on BC, SC, ST candidates for Telangana first list
1 year, 4 months ago

Congress focus on BC, SC, ST candidates for Telangana first list

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The TPCC election committee has decided to focus on giving tickets to candidates from the BC, SC and ST community candidates. The meeting also decided to write to AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge to hold the first meeting of the Congress Working Committee in Hyderabad. The committee met at Gandhi Bhavan on Tuesday to vet the list of Congress aspirants …

AP Finds More Representatives in CWC
1 year, 4 months ago

AP Finds More Representatives in CWC

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Senior Andhra Pradesh politician N. Raghuveera Reddy was accommodated in the Congress Working Committee, while T. Subbarami Reddy was retained and named a permanent invitee, as per the list released on Sunday. Among other moves were the inclusion of Koppula Raju — former Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer and currently, national coordinator of AICC — as a permanent invitee, …

Jupally, other leaders from BRS join Congress
1 year, 5 months ago

Jupally, other leaders from BRS join Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Former minister Jupally Krishna Rao and other leaders joined the Congress in the presence of AICC president Mallikarjuna Kharge in Delhi. Welcoming them into the Congress, TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy said the party was determined to defeat both the BRS and BJP in the ensuing Assembly elections. Revanth Reddy reiterated that BRS and BJP have a political nexus, …

Teegala Reddy Meets Thakre, Revanth Reddy
1 year, 5 months ago

Teegala Reddy Meets Thakre, Revanth Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Former BRS MLA and Hyderabad mayor Teegala Krishna Reddy and his niece, ZP chairman Teegala Anita Reddy, are expected to join the Congress following a reported meeting with AICC incharge Manikrao Thakre and TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy on Tuesday. TPCC president Revanth Reddy is leaving for Delhi on Wednesday to facilitate the induction of former MLA Yennam Srinivas …

TPCC Leaders Protest After Court Dismisses Rahul Gandhi's Petition
1 year, 6 months ago

TPCC Leaders Protest After Court Dismisses Rahul Gandhi's Petition

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Following the Gujarat High Court's decision in dismissing the AICC leader and former MP Rahul Gandhi's petition seeking stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname, the TPCC leaders and Congress party activists staged protests by burning effigies of Narendra Modi at different places in Telangana on Friday. Meanwhile, the TPCC senior …

TPCC Prepares Strategy to Expose Corruption and Reclaim Power in Telangana Elections
1 year, 6 months ago

TPCC Prepares Strategy to Expose Corruption and Reclaim Power in Telangana Elections

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy said noted that 120 days remained for the state elections, and said that Tuesday’s strategy meeting was the beginning of the party effort to regain power. Former TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said suggestions were invited from all leaders at the meeting on how to expose the failures of the BRS. The failure …

TPCC is full of tainted leaders: Bandi
1 year, 6 months ago

TPCC is full of tainted leaders: Bandi

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BJP state president Bandi Sanjay on Sunday said that TPCC now stood for ‘Tainted Politicians of Crime and Corruption’. On the one hand Congress is trying to create uncertainties in Telangana about pensions, Dharani portal and welfare schemes, he said. On the other hand, Rao is trying to create unrest among people by saying that welfare schemes will go …

Revanth camp abuzz with activity after Alleti's exit
1 year, 8 months ago

Revanth camp abuzz with activity after Alleti's exit

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: After former MLA Aleti Maheshwar Reddy left the Congress to join the BJP, TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy's camp seemed to have become suddenly more active by holding frenetically scheduled meetings to ensure that senior Congress leaders follow him. TPCC official spokespersons Addanki Dayakar and Bellayya Naik and TPCC state general secretary Sathu Mallesh and Congress ticket aspirants Charulatha …

TPCC leaders to campaign in Karnataka
1 year, 8 months ago

TPCC leaders to campaign in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With less than a month for Karnataka Assembly polls, about 30 Congress leaders from Telangana, who are well-known in the neighbouring state, will campaign for different candidates. According to party sources, besides PCC chief A. Revanth Reddy, who enjoys a good following in Bengaluru, and leaders having mass appeal in the state will be campaigning for candidates in the …

Etala: CM should resign for TSPSC leakage
1 year, 9 months ago

Etala: CM should resign for TSPSC leakage

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BJP MLA Etala Rajendar on Friday demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao resign from his post, taking responsibility for the leakage of question papers of the Telangana State Public Service Commission. “Thirty lakh unemployed youths are in distress due to the leakage of 12 question papers, but the CM has failed to take responsibility,” Rajendar said. Bitterly criticising …

Kotamreddy wants TD MLAs who joined YSRC to quit
1 year, 10 months ago

Kotamreddy wants TD MLAs who joined YSRC to quit

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: Dissident YSR Congress legislator from Nellore Rural assembly constituency Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy on Friday demanded that his fellow MLAs, who won on Telugu Desam tickets but switched loyalties to ruling party, resign before asking him to resign. If I do the same, how can it be unholy," the Nellore Rural MLA asked at a press conference. “I will be …

Trouble shooter Digvijaya to meet TPCC leaders on Thursday
2 years ago

Trouble shooter Digvijaya to meet TPCC leaders on Thursday

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: AICC general secretary and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh, who was delegated by the party high command to address the crisis that bubbled up in Telangana Congress following the open rebellion from several senior party leaders against PCC president Revanth Reddy, arrived in the city on Wednesday to mediate the differences between senior party leaders and the …

Telangana Congress in crisis as 13 leaders quit party posts
2 years ago

Telangana Congress in crisis as 13 leaders quit party posts

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Days after the All India Congress Committee constituted the political affairs committee and the executive committee, groupism and internal bickering in the Telangana Congress resurfaced, with 13 Congress leaders, the majority of whom had previously defected to the party from the Telugu Desam, announcing their resignations from party positions. The resignation of 13 Congress leaders came just a day …

Tagore sends legal notice to Marri
2 years, 1 month ago

Tagore sends legal notice to Marri

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Congress’ TS in-charge Manickam Tagore sent a legal notice to Marri Shashidhar Reddy, who joined the BJP after resigning from the Congress, over certain remarks regarding the appointment of TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy. In the notice dated December 1, claimed to be forwarded by an advocate, the Congress leader demanded withdrawal of the allegations that he received …

Congress ridicules KCR’s ‘save democracy’ remarks
2 years, 2 months ago

Congress ridicules KCR’s ‘save democracy’ remarks

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Congress leaders fumed at Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao for his appeal to “save democracy” from the “destabilising governments in different states,” while he had encouraged Opposition MLAs to switch parties. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, former PCC president Ponnala Laxmaiah said that Chandrashekar Rao had admitted 43 MPs, MLAs and MLCs into the TRS fold in the last eight …

Congress leaders from Telangana discuss Munugode poll with Priyanka Gandhi
2 years, 4 months ago

Congress leaders from Telangana discuss Munugode poll with Priyanka Gandhi

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Top Congress leaders from Telangana who were invited to Delhi by the high command had several hours of deliberations towards securing the Munugode constituency in the wake of the aggressive approach adopted by the TRS and the BJP. The state Congress was represented by TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, D. Sridhar Babu, …

Rajgopal sends resignation letter to Sonia
2 years, 5 months ago

Rajgopal sends resignation letter to Sonia

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Munugode MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy on Thursday formally sent a letter of resignation to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, requesting her to relieve him from the party’s primary membership. In the letter addressed to Sonia Gandhi, Rajgopal Reddy reiterated that as a loyal worker of the party he had faced humiliation in the TPCC led by its president A. Revanth …

Here's why Congress replaced Navjot Sidhu with Amrinder Singh Raja as new Punjab chief
2 years, 9 months ago

Here's why Congress replaced Navjot Sidhu with Amrinder Singh Raja as new Punjab chief

India Today  

Former Punjab Congress Committee chief Navjot Singh Sidhu paid a price for his outbursts against his government and failure to keep the Party's flock together in Punjab. The Congress party high command has picked Rahul Gandhi loyalist Amrinder Singh Raja Warring as the new PCC chief. Former National Youth Congress President and a three-time MLA from Gidderbaha Assembly Constituency, Amrinder …

Fight unitedly to defeat TRS: Rahul tells TPCC
2 years, 9 months ago

Fight unitedly to defeat TRS: Rahul tells TPCC

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Barely speaking for over seven minutes to the group of 38 senior leaders of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, during a meeting that lasted three-and-a-half hours, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that there would be no alliances with either the TRS or the AIMIM and that if all senior leaders put aside internal differences and work unitedly …

After poll debacle, Sonia Gandhi shows door to Sidhu, 4 other state Congress chiefs
2 years, 9 months ago

After poll debacle, Sonia Gandhi shows door to Sidhu, 4 other state Congress chiefs

India Today  

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has sought the resignations of the five PCC chiefs of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur. Sonia Gandhi has asked the PCC Presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa & Manipur to put in their resignations in order to facilitate reorganisation of PCC's," Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala wrote on Twitter. READ: Rahul …

In Post-Poll Purge, Sonia Gandhi Asks Five State Congress Presidents to Resign
2 years, 9 months ago

In Post-Poll Purge, Sonia Gandhi Asks Five State Congress Presidents to Resign

News 18  

After the party’s poor performance in recently concluded five state assembly elections, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the Pradesh Congress Committee presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa, and Manipur to tender resignations in order to facilitate the reorganization of the state unit’s top post. Sonia Gandhi has asked the PCC Presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa & …

Assembly election debacle: Sonia Gandhi asks Sidhu to resign as Punjab party chief
2 years, 9 months ago

Assembly election debacle: Sonia Gandhi asks Sidhu to resign as Punjab party chief

India TV News  

Highlights Sonia Gandhi asks PCCs of Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur to resign Development comes two days after the CWC discussed threadbare reasons for Congress' debacle in polls Congress was routed in all poll-bound states Springing into action, Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi has asked Punjab party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu to resign from the post, informed party spokesperson …

Will reveal plan in few days: Jagga Reddy
2 years, 10 months ago

Will reveal plan in few days: Jagga Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: TPCC working president T. Jayaprakash 'Jagga' Reddy did not resign on Saturday, and said his political plan will be declared soon. Jagga Reddy said that he has great respect for party president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, but the situation in the state forced him to leave from the Congress. No senior leader came forward to feild Congress candidates …

Reddy leaders unite to grab TPCC chief post
5 years ago

Reddy leaders unite to grab TPCC chief post

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With leaders of the BC community including AICC secretary V. Hanumantha Rao demanding that the high command give the TPCC president’s post to their community, senior leaders from the Reddys in the party have begun to close ranks to grab the post. The Reddy community leaders are backing four leaders for the post: MPs Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, A. Revanth …

Karnataka bypolls: Congress leaders quit over poor show
5 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka bypolls: Congress leaders quit over poor show

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: CLP leader Siddaramaiah and Congress' Karnataka chief Dinesh Gundu Rao quit their posts on Monday after their party put up a poor show in the Assembly by-elections, throwing the state unit into a turmoil. Minutes after the results of the bypolls to 15 segments, in which the BJP won the lion's share of 12, they tendered their resignation to …

Caste war erupts for state Congress chief post
5 years, 2 months ago

Caste war erupts for state Congress chief post

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The post of president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee is being hotly contested by leaders from the Reddy and other communities, particularly the Backward Classes. The party’s central leadership is likely to appoint a new TPCC chief soon, most probably after the municipal elections, but there is much jostling for the post. The BC groups argue that during …

After rout, Congress may overhaul TPCC
5 years, 2 months ago

After rout, Congress may overhaul TPCC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: After being trounced at Huzurnagar, the high command is likely to make major changes in the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee. TPCC leaders want Mr Uttam Kumar Reddy replaced along with AICC general secretary in charge of the state Congress R.C. Some Congress senior leaders feel that Mr Reddy and Mr Khuntia may be replaced only after that. The defeat …

‘Real’ Congressmen halt Revanth Reddy march
5 years, 4 months ago

‘Real’ Congressmen halt Revanth Reddy march

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Dashing the hopes of TPCC president aspirants, particularly MP A. Revanth Reddy, AICC general secretary and Telangana Congress affairs in-charge R.C. Sources said that the high command had almost cleared the name of Mr Revanth Reddy, who is the TPCC working president, as the TPCC chief. However, on Wednesday night, TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, CLP leader Mallu …

N Uttam Kumar Reddy resigns as Huzurnagar MLA
5 years, 7 months ago

N Uttam Kumar Reddy resigns as Huzurnagar MLA

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: TPCC President N. Uttam Kumar Reddy Uttam Kumar Reddy was elected as MP from Nalgonda Lok Sabha seat it had become inevitable to resign as an MLA. Speaking to the media after his resignation, Mr Uttam Kumar Reddy said since the last three decades, the people of Kodada and Huzurnagar treated him as their family member and he would …

Scramble in Congress as party set to fill slot left by Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
5 years, 11 months ago

Scramble in Congress as party set to fill slot left by Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Congress high command, with an eye on the general elections, is looking for a new chairman for the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee’s campaign committee. Mr Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who used to head the committee, has been appointed leader of the Congress Legislative Party. The All India Congress Committee has already directed the Pradesh Congress Committees to finalise the …

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