Hyderabad: The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday held its extended executive meeting at Gandhi Bhavan, chaired by TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud and attended by AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, AICC in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan, Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka, Uttam Kumar Reddy, AICC secretary Vishwanathan and other senior functionaries.
Mahesh Kumar Goud, addressing the gathering, credited Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and K.C. Venugopal for backing Revanth Reddy’s appointment as Chief Minister and his own appointment as TPCC chief. He underlined that social justice could only be achieved through the Congress, citing the allocation of cabinet posts to four Dalits and the Speaker’s role to another Dalit leader.
Goud told newly appointed leaders to use their party roles responsibly, stressing these positions were opportunities for recognition and growth. He said Congress’s welfare and development schemes would ensure the party returned to power with at least 90 seats.
He added that the party would fight the upcoming local body elections under the “Samajika Nyaya Samara Bheri” banner, with Kharge set to guide grassroots Congress village presidents on campaign priorities.
Speaking later, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy described Telangana as a model for other states, pointing to the Congress-led push for a caste census nationally. He cited progress in education, jobs, and employment creation, noting that the party had registered 45 lakh active memberships under his earlier TPCC term.
Revanth reminded district and block leaders not to treat their positions casually, saying party offices were the true platforms for building leadership and respect in public life.
He forecast that coming changes including constituency reorganisation, women’s reservations, and simultaneous elections — would reshape the political landscape by 2029, which should be seized as an opportunity for new leadership to emerge.
Revanth called on the cadre to tour villages, coordinate at the field level, and publicise welfare schemes more vigorously, urging a united, immediate effort to ensure Congress retained power for the next decade.
Praising Mallikarjun Kharge’s record as a long-serving public representative, Revanth asked leaders to take inspiration from his career.
