Konda Surekha targets Revanth, questions double standards in Congress after meeting AICC chief

Minister Konda Surekha questioned Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's conduct after meeting the Congress leadership in New Delhi, alleging different standards within the Telangana unit. She said any disciplinary action against her should be considered alongside action against other leaders

Hyderabad: Minister Konda Surekha launched a direct attack on Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy after meeting the AICC top leadership in New Delhi on Wednesday, openly questioning his conduct. She accused the Telangana Congress leadership of applying different standards in dealing with party leaders and targeting her because she was a woman from the backward classes.

During an informal interaction with the media after meeting AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Surekha said that any action against her should be considered only after action was initiated against Revanth Reddy. She questioned how the Chief Minister could publicly claim that he would remain in office for 10 years and asked whether such remarks did not amount to a disciplinary issue.

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She also argued that the MLAs and MLCs who spoke against her should be issued show-cause notices, saying that she was a responsible Congress minister discharging her duties and responsibilities diligently.

On her daughter’s statements that stoked controversy, Surekha maintained that her daughter was married and living her own life, and that neither she nor her husband could control her actions. She said nobody had so far asked her to resign and that she was awaiting the AICC leadership’s decision on the issue. She also questioned why she was being held responsible for remarks made by her daughter, whom she described as an independent individual.

Raising the issue of social justice, Surekha asked whether the Congress was following one standard of justice for a BC and another for other social groups. She alleged that several ministers and senior leaders were facing serious allegations and sought to know what action the Telangana Congress leadership proposed to take against them.

She specifically questioned the lack of action over allegations involving the families of Ministers Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Bhatti Vikramarka. She said she had already submitted a written account of her grievances to Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and AICC general secretary KC Venugopal.

“I have met Kharge and KC Venugopal, requesting them to consider all these issues,” she said.

The controversy has reached the Congress high command after Revanth Reddy submitted a report on the issue. TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud said that he and the Chief Minister had provided the party leadership with the relevant information and that the final decision rested with the high command.