HYDERABAD: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) appears to have brokered peace between senior leader Konda Murali and Congress leaders from the erstwhile Warangal district. However, it has avoided taking up MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy’s criticism of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy over ‘selective enforcement of discipline’.
DAC chairman and MP Mallu Ravi told reporters at Gandhi Bhavan on Sunday that no formal complaint had been received on Rajagopal’s remarks. “The subject involving Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy has not come to our notice. Once notified, we will look into it,” he said. This contrasts with TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud’s statement a day earlier that the DAC would review the Munugode legislator’s comments.
On Sunday, Murali, husband of state Environment and Forest Minister Konda Surekha, appeared before the DAC, reaffirmed loyalty to the party leadership and expressed hope that internal rifts would be resolved. He stressed the need for unity ahead of the polls.
The DAC also examined remarks by Jadcherla MLA J Anirudh Reddy, who alleged “coverts” were operating within Congress ranks. He is reported to have submitted a written explanation clarifying his intent.
Mallu Ravi said party leaders from Warangal and Murali had agreed to work in coordination. The committee’s resolution will be sent to Mahesh Kumar Goud and AICC Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan.
BRS MLC flags ‘red alert’ on state finances
Hyderabad: BRS MLC Dasoju Sravan has expressed alarm over the ‘decreased tax collections’ in the first quarter of the current financial year, calling it a “red alert” for Telangana. He said the state’s borrowings had already exceeded its own tax revenues in the first three months.
Citing figures from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Dasoju said the state’s own revenue stood at just 16.2% of the annual target, non-tax revenue at a “humiliating” 3.37%, while borrowings had already reached 37.5% of the annual limit.
“This is a glaring sign of incompetence, poor governance and administrative collapse,” he said, adding that responsibility lay squarely with Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. Instead of focusing on wealth creation, investments and growth, Revanth Reddy was “consumed by vengeful petty politics” against KCR, dragging Telangana backwards and betraying those who believed in his slogans of “change” and “people’s governance”, Dasoju alleged.