Hyderabad: Telangana Congress leaders on Saturday criticised IT minister K.T. Rama Rao for his comments on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. AICC secretary and former MP V. Hanumantha Rao asked Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to keep his son Mr Rama Rao under control.
Mr Rama Rao had recently remarked that the separate Telangana state was not granted by “Amma” or “Bomma”, but the CM achieved this with his Telangana movement.
Speaking to media on Saturday Mr Hanumantha Rao said that the Mr Rama Rao has no rights to pass such a comment on a leader of the Ms Sonia Gandhi’s stature. “This is the last warning. In future if he uses un-parliamentary language against Ms Sonia Gandhi or any other Congress leader, KCR and KTR will face serious consequences,” he said.
He also asked the IT minister not to be overconfident just because the police machinery is with the ruling party.
He also asked the IT minister not to be overconfident just because the police machinery is with the ruling party, adding that the power the father-son duo is enjoying now was because of Ms Sonia Gandhi.
Split in Congress comes to fore
The differences within the Congress came to the fore on Saturday at a meeting of AICC functionaries and party leaders in charge of Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the state held at Gandhi Bhavan. The meetings were attended by TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and AICC general secretary and Telangana Congress affairs in-charge R.C. Khuntia.
At the meeting for Warangal constituency, Mr Uttam introduced Katti Venkata Swamy as in-charge of Narsampet assembly constituency. To this, Mr Madhava Reddy objected saying how the party could accord equal status to him and a person could not even get 4,000 votes in the previous elections.
In the previous elections, Mr Swamy contested from the constituency as Congress candidate but lost while independent candidate Mr Donthi Madhava Reddy won the seat. After elections, Mr Madhava Reddy joined the Congress.
In the Khammam constituency review, former Union Minister Renuka Chowdary who won the seat in last elections, objected fielding former minister Vanama Venkateswar Rao, saying that he had contested against the party candidate. MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy said Mr Vanama had contested against CPI candidate and that he was former minister and the party should utilise the services of such leaders.
When some leaders raised issues in their constituencies, Mr Khuntia said it will be discussed at the next meeting.
