Hyderabad: CM’s CPRO G Malsur faces criticism for attending Congress party meeting

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s CPRO G Malsur has faced criticism for attending a Congress party meeting at Gandhi Bhavan. The controversy intensified after Bhongir MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy deleted an X post mentioning Malsur’s participation.

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) G Malsur has courted controversy by participating in a Congress party meeting at Gandhi Bhavan.

People from different sections have raised objections to the CM’s CPRO attending the meeting, which was convened by Bhongir MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy. Malsur joined as the Chief Minister’s CPRO in June last year. Questions were raised over how an official drawing a salary from the Telangana government could participate in a political party meeting and share his views and suggestions.

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Kiran Kumar Reddy recently took charge as Chairman of the Congress party’s Media and Publicity wing. Interestingly, the MP initially shared images of the meeting on X and posted, “Had a valuable interaction with Congress PRO Sri Hari Prasad and Telangana CMO CPRO G Malsur.” He further stated, “We discussed key political issues, strategies for handling debates and press meets and effective ways to develop strong fact-based content for public communication.”

However, after social media users questioned the CPRO’s participation in a party meeting at Gandhi Bhavan, the MP deleted the post. He later replaced it without the image of Malsur and posted, “Led a great discussion today with Gandhi Bhavan PRO Hari Prasad and the media team.”

A few social media users strongly objected to the CPRO’s participation and appealed to Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju to put an end to what they described as an unethical and illegal practice.