Infighting widens in Telangana Congress as leaders spar over funds and posts | Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Internal differences within the ruling Congress are increasingly coming into the open, with ministers, MPs and MLAs publicly expressing dissatisfaction with their own party colleagues as the Congress govt approaches the completion of three years in office.Some MPs and MLAs have publicly expressed dissatisfaction over delays in clearing bills, allocation of funds, organisational appointments and alleged violations of party discipline, causing embarrassment to the party.Munugode MLA Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy has openly criticised irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, alleging that his constituency, Munugode, was being neglected in the allocation of funds.Questioning whether Uttam was a minister for Huzurnagar alone or for the entire state, he alleged that funds were being diverted towards Huzurnagar and Kodad constituencies while Munugode was being ignored. Recently, Jadcherla MLA J Anirudh Reddy also expressed anguish over delays in clearing bills for development works in his constituency. He accused deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka of delaying payments and threatened to launch an indefinite hunger strike involving thousands of people if pending bills worth nearly Rs 40 crore were not cleared.The latest case is that of Peddapalli MP G Vamshi Krishna who took a dig at IT minister D Sridhar Babu over his absence from the Nov 1 Vote Bachao – Desh Bachao rally at Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi. In a letter, he also questioned the absence of Peddapalli MLA Vijayaramana Rao and Ramagundam MLA Makhan Singh Thakur from the programme and urged the minister not to initiate disciplinary action against them.Vamshi Krishna also objected to the suspension of a tribal woman leader and other party workers who attended a school bag distribution programme organised by the Kaka Venkat Swamy Charitable Trust in Koyyur in Manthani constituency.He alleged that disciplinary action was initiated without issuing notices and questioned why different standards were being followed for party leaders. He maintained that party discipline should apply equally to MPs, MLAs, ministers and other party members.In another recent incident, health minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha and Jukkal MLA T Laxmi Kantha Rao reportedly had an argument at a hotel in Delhi during their visit for the Vote Bachao rally in the national capital. The disagreement allegedly arose over the appointment of the Sangareddy District Congress Committee president and other organisational positions, with both leaders exchanging accusations and threats.Peddapalli MP Vamshi Krishna told TOI that he was being sidelined in official programmes and party affairs with protocol not being followed by his own party leaders. Supporters of Sridhar Babu said the minister and two other MLAs could not go to the Delhi rally as there was a pre scheduled programme of a Swamiji performing a special puja at Sridhar Babu’s residence on that day, which they had to attend.Telangana Congress president B Mahesh Kumar Goud said the party leadership will speak to every leader, MP, MLA, minister and sort out the differences.
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