Fresh remarks by former Congress MLA Podem Veeraiah against Bhadrachalam MLA Dr. Tellam Venkat Rao have reignited tensions between the two leaders, causing unrest among party workers, even as internal differences within the Congress surfaced in Pinapaka constituency.
A clash between MLA Tellam Venkat Rao and former MLA Podem Veeraiah over the deputy sarpanch post in Bhadrachalam highlighted internal discord in the Congress, even as the BRS registered significant gains across Khammam and Kothagudem in the gram panchayat elections.
The internal feud in Bhadrachalam Congress between MLA Dr Tellam Venkat Rao and ex-MLA Podem Veeraiah has escalated to violence, with an auto driver alleging a murder attempt by Veeraiah and his aides. Police complaints and hospitalisation followed
Veeraiah, the district Congress president, said Venkat Rao is not a true Congress leader and is not bothered to work along with the old timers and senior leaders.
With the release of the notification for the MLC elections under the MLAs quota, he intensified his lobbying for the MLA quota MLC seat and then to get a berth in the Cabinet in case of an expansion
The celebrations are confined to officials and artistes, who have been conducting cultural programmes here and there with very less public participation.
It might be noted that four leaders from erstwhile Khammam district have been appointed by the State government as chairpersons for different corporations in the first phase.
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