Crisis In Telangana Congress Deepens As 12 Leaders Quit Party

The letter further read that there were allegations from N. Uttam Kumar Reddy that over 50 percent of the PCC members are leaders who recently joined from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee's twelve members resigned from the party, mentioning that over 50 per cent of the PCC members are leaders who recently joined from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), news agency ANI reported.

This disappointed the leaders who worked for Congress for the last six years, according to the resignation letters.

In their resignation letters, the disgruntled members also highlighted that the Telangana CM Chandrashekar Rao has been running a "dictatorial rule" in the state and added that there is a necessity for a strong struggle to dethrone the CM.

The letter further read that there were allegations from Former state President N Uttam Kumar Reddy that over 50 per cent of the PCC members are leaders who recently joined from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). They submitted their resignation letter to All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Malikarjun Kharge. A letter of resignation was sent to the AICC secretary and in-charge of Telangana, Manickam Tagore.

The IANS report states that state chief Revanth Reddy's group is planning to counter the allegations made by senior leaders, who were unhappy with him over packing the recently announced party executive with migrants from the TDP.

Reportedly, the group wants to highlight that the allegations made by the dissidents will weaken the organisation. In another development, the central leadership of the party has taken a serious view of the happenings in the state unit. The AICC's in-charge secretaries are reported to be in touch with dissident leaders. Some central leaders are likely to meet the dissident group on Monday.

Senior party leaders, who have been in the party from the start of their respective political careers, declared on Saturday that they are launching a 'Save Congress in Telangana' movement to protect the party from what they described as a leader who came into the Congress after shifting loyalties from party to party.

The meeting of the senior leaders was held at the residence of Congress Legislature Party leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. Former state President N Uttam Kumar Reddy, MLA T Jagga Reddy, Madhu Yashki Goud, Damodar Rajnarasimha, and A. Maheshwar Reddy were among those who attended the meeting.

(With inputs from agencies)