None from the poll-bound Telangana in the Congress Working Committee
The Hindu
No one from the Telangana Congress found a place in the 39-member Congress Working Committee, as leaders were expecting to be part of the CWC constituted ahead of the polls in Telangana along with four other States at the end of this year
The poll-bound Telangana was ignored in the 39-member Congress Working Committee (CWC) with none from the Telangana Congress finding a place in the committee announced on August 20 by the AICC president, Mallikarjun Kharge.
However, a surprise inclusion is former Minister, N. Raghuveera Reddy from Andhra Pradesh where the party has touched nadir ever since the United Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated to create Telangana.
Former Deputy Chief Minister, Damodar Raja Narasimha is made a member of the Permanent Invitees list while AICC secretary and former MLA, Ch. Vamshichand Reddy found a place in the Special Invitees list and not in the CWC, which takes critical decisions related to party’s policies for governance and the nation.
Several senior Congress leaders from the present Andhra Pradesh also found favour in the new list. Former Union Minister, Pallam Raju has been made a special invitee while former MP T. Subbirami Reddy and Koppula Raju were included in the permanent invitees list.
The decision to reconstitute the CWC was entrusted to the AICC president, Mr. Kharge at the 85th Plenary Session of the Indian National Congress (INC) held in Raipur from February 24 to February 26 this year.
Telangana leaders were expecting to be part of the CWC constituted ahead of the polls in Telangana along with four other States at the end of this year. They are now surprised to see the State being ignored just before the elections in the State where the Congress party is confident of winning back from the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS).
There were several aspirants pinning hopes based on the caste arithmetic and a front runner was Mulugu MLA, D. Seethakka, a tribal leader. AICC secretary A. Sampath Kumar was also trying his luck based on the party’s plans to woo the Madiga community, which is numerically the biggest among Dalits and also one of the largest compared to other communities.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.