Tension prevailed in Hyderabad after BJP and Congress workers clashed during rival protests over the alleged NEET paper leak and demonstrations in Delhi. Police intervened with a lathi charge, detained leaders from both parties and brought the situation under control.
Descendants of Telangana Armed Peasant Struggle icon Chakali Ilamma have opposed the appointment of Chityala Swetha as a State Women’s Commission Member, alleging she misrepresented her lineage.
Mancherial MLA K Premsagar Rao warned Congress leadership against encouraging defections, saying it could harm the party’s survival. He urged priority for loyal leaders amid concerns over turncoats dominating party affairs.
TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud clarified that the SIT’s notice to BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao in the phone-tapping case was not politically motivated.
TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud announced that the Janahita Padayatra will resume after August 23. Dismissing rumours of a rift with CM Revanth Reddy, he claimed a BC leader would be Telangana’s next CM and defended the padayatra’s popularity
At a time when every other political party, civil rights organisations and tribal rights organisations were sending their leaders to Lagacherla to listen to the voices of the farmers, neither the TPCC President nor any other top Congress leader has made an effort to listen to the voices of farmers.
Differences within Congress emerged during TPCC President B Mahesh Kumar Goud's visit to Sangareddy, as leaders Gudem Mahipal Reddy and Kata Srinivas Goud skipped meetings, highlighting division, despite local workers joining rallies.
