TPCC Political Affairs Committee to meet on July 4; village-level leaders’ convention scheduled at LB stadium

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud on Sunday said that the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting of the Telangana Congress would be held on July 4 at Gandhi Bhavan. On the same day, a large party meeting is scheduled to take place at LB Stadium, which is to be attended by AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge.

Speaking informally with mediapersons at Gandhi Bhavan, Mr. Mahesh Kumar Goud stated that around 15,000 grassroots-level Congress leaders are expected to participate in the LB Stadium event, which will be held under the aegis of the ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’ Committee.

Responding to a question on the reported internal differences within the party — particularly between Minister Konda Surekha’s group and other leaders, including MPs and MLAs from the erstwhile Warangal district — Mr. Mahesh Kumar said the party’s disciplinary committee would look into the matter and take appropriate action.

Criticising the BJP, Mr. Goud accused the ruling party at the Centre of pursuing fascist policies that, he claimed, posed a threat to the nation’s democratic fabric.

Referring to the unveiling of a statue of former PCC president Dharmapuri Srinivas, popularly known as DS, in Nizamabad by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Mr. Mahesh described Srinivas as a staunch Congressman and secular leader. He remarked that the late leader would have been deeply pained by the act, as he had never aligned with the ideologies of the BJP or RSS.

Mr. Goud, who considers himself a political disciple of Srinivas, strongly criticised Srinivas’s sons — Dharmapuri Arvind, BJP MP from Nizamabad, and Sanjay — for facilitating the event. He further announced that a statue of senior Congress leader and former minister Mukesh Goud would soon be installed in Hyderabad.

Additionally, the TPCC has released the names of vice-presidents and general secretaries assigned to various parliamentary constituencies, along with a list of organisational in-charges for the party.