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Emotions ran precocious erstwhile elder Congress person and erstwhile Minister T. Jeevan Reddy resigned from the Congress expressing his anguish implicit the ‘insults and humiliation’ meted retired to him and the loyal enactment cadres successful the past 20 months astatine the behest of the ‘defectors’ from different parties.
He decried the ‘dominance’ of the ‘turncoats’ successful the interior enactment affairs accusing the caller entrants of sidelining the archetypal enactment functionaries and calling the shots successful enactment matters nether the Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy-led Congress regularisation successful Telangana.
Wearing a greenish scarf symbolising the farmers’ cause, the 73-year-old elder person showed his resignation missive addressed to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to his followers astatine a gathering held successful Jagtial municipality connected Wednesday afternoon.
A big of staunch followers of Mr. Reddy, including several Congress cadres from assorted parts of Jagtial territory raised their hands expressing their solidarity with Mr. Reddy, who parted ways with the Congress ending his astir 42-year-old relation with the expansive aged party.
The sulking septuagenarian beamoned that elder Congress functionary M. Ganga Reddy was brutally murdered successful Jabithapur colony successful October 2024.
The gruesome execution sparked nationalist outrage and sent shockwaves among the Congress cadres crossed Jagtial district, helium pointed out, alleging that Mr. Revanth Reddy did not console the household members of the deceased.
In an oblique notation to Jagtial MLA M. Sanjay Kumar, Mr. Reddy wondered however a legislator from different enactment (BRS) was progressive successful a gathering convened to sermon the section assemblage predetermination strategy astatine Gandhi Bhavan successful Hyderabad recently.
Senior Congress person T. Jeevan Reddy shows his resignation missive to his followers astatine a gathering held successful Jagtial connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
“This happened astatine a clip erstwhile disqualification petitions were filed against immoderate of the BRS MLAs connected charges of defecting to the ruling Congress. This ran contrary to Congress person Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Jai Bheem – Jai Samvidhan’ campaign,” helium said.
He deplored that his earlier missive to the enactment precocious bid successful 2024 implicit the sedate injustices being meted retired to the loyal enactment functionaries did not evoke the desired response.
He said, “I had amplified the voices of radical arsenic an MLA and MLC portion successful the Opposition and ever stood by radical and the enactment cadres of Jagtial district. I volition proceed my dharma poratam (fight for righteous cause) to espouse the origin of people.”
“If God willing, I volition strive to lend my mite to further make Jagtial arsenic a role-model for the full country,” Mr. Reddy said without disclosing his adjacent governmental move.
