Congress to conduct two public meetings this month end in State

Party MP Rahul Gandhi to attend the Suryapet meeting while AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge will participate in the Medak meeting

HYDERABAD: After Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) supremo K Chandrashekhar Rao announced that the party would conduct a massive public meeting this month, the Congress has decided to organise two public meetings at Suryapet and Medak by this month-end.

The meeting at Suryapet would be on the successful completion of the caste survey and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi would be chief guest. Likewise, another meeting would be at Medak on the SC categorisation and AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge would be participating in the meeting, TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud said.

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He also said that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and other leaders were flying to New Delhi on Thursday evening to extend invitations to the party’s senior leaders for the two public meetings. The Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting was conducted for over 5.5 hours at MCRHRD on Thursday.

Finance Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka gave a presentation on the financial situation of the State to the participants.

Speaking to media persons after the meeting, the TPCC president defended the party MLAs having dinner meetings.

“There is nothing wrong in MLAs having dinner meetings. All their apprehensions have been cleared to a majority extent at the CLP meeting. The MLAs have been briefed about the department-wise expenditure being done by the government,” Mahesh Kumar Goud said.

Admitting that MLAs had raised a few issues in their respective constituencies, the TPCC president said they had sought funds for different development works. There was nothing much to read into the meeting, he stressed.

Regarding Congress MLC Teenmaar Mallanna’s comments against the party, especially dubbing the caste survey fake, the TPCC president said the disciplinary committee would handle the issue. Interestingly, the MLC and the 10 turncoat MLAs did not attend the CLP meeting.

On the turncoat MLAs issue, the TPCC president said it was a legal issue and the legal department was handling the matter.

Stating that there was no discussion on Cabinet expansion and filling of nominated posts, Goud said the entire discussion was centered on strengthening the party and preparations for elections to local bodies. There was discussion on strategies to be adopted for these elections.

Instructions were issued to the party leaders to promote the government welfare and development programmes among the people, particularly caste survey and SC categorisation, he said.

The Congress government had completed the caste survey and an official document was placed before the people through the Assembly. Without knowing facts, the opposition parties were misleading BC organisations and leaders and this would be countered effectively by the Congress party, he added.