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Congress Infighting in Asifabad District Gives Edge to BRS
The Congress party is one of the big political parties in India.
In a part of Telangana called Asifabad district, some of its top leaders are not getting along.
They are fighting with each other instead of working together.
A woman named Atram Suguna was made the leader of the party's committee in the district.
Some other leaders were unhappy about that choice.
They say she makes decisions by herself and only cares about one area.
Because of all the fighting, the party lost some local elections to another party called BRS.
Some people even held a protest in Hyderabad, asking for Suguna to be removed from her job.
Older party leaders say the fighting hurts the Congress party's image and that everyone should talk politely to solve their problems.
Senior Congress leaders in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district are locked in infighting that is undermining the ruling party in Telangana.
The feud involves former DCC president Vishwa Prasad, ex-MLA Atram Sakku, assembly constituency in-charge Shyam Naik, and DCC president Atram Suguna.
Tensions have multiplied since Suguna's appointment as DCC president, with allegations that she focuses only on the Asifabad seat while aspiring for a party ticket.
Congress recently lost the municipal chairman's post and several major gram panchayats to the opposition BRS in Asifabad district.
A section of Congress leaders and cadre protested at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad, demanding that the TPCC sack Suguna as DCC president.
- Who
- Senior Congress leaders in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district, including DCC president Atram Suguna, former DCC president Vishwa Prasad, ex-MLA Atram Sakku, and assembly constituency in-charge Shyam Naik.
- What
- Internal differences and infighting among Congress leaders over leadership, alleged unilateral decisions, and ticket aspirations for the ST-reserved Asifabad assembly seat.
- Where
- Komaram Bheem Asifabad district, Telangana, with protests held at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad.
- When
- Following Suguna's appointment as DCC president, continuing through recent electoral losses to BRS and a protest at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad.
- Why
- Disagreements over Suguna's leadership and her alleged focus on the Asifabad constituency, compounded by Congress's losses of the municipal chairman post and major gram panchayats to the BRS.
Critics of Atram Suguna's leadership
Advocates of party unity
Suguna's leadership style
Critics of Atram Suguna's leadership
Suguna is accused of taking unilateral decisions, being a non-local who fails to understand district dynamics, and not giving any mandal president post to SCs despite there being 10 mandals in the constituency.
Advocates of party unity
A senior Congress leader says such allegations amount to character assassination of rivals within the party and only harm the Congress party's image.
Asifabad ticket aspirations
Critics of Atram Suguna's leadership
Suguna, as DCC president, is alleged to focus only on the Asifabad assembly constituency because she is aspiring for a party ticket from the Asifabad seat.
Advocates of party unity
Former MLA Atram Sakku and constituency in-charge Shyam Naik are also ticket aspirants from the same ST-reserved constituency, and leaders reportedly change stands based on political convenience.
How to resolve differences
Critics of Atram Suguna's leadership
A section of Congress leaders and cadre staged a protest at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad, demanding that the TPCC remove Suguna as DCC president.
Advocates of party unity
A senior Congress leader suggested that leaders should sit together and resolve their differences instead of going to the media and making allegations against one another.
Key facts
- District
- Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Telangana
- Parties involved
- Congress (ruling) vs BRS (opposition)
- DCC president
- Atram Suguna
- Other leaders involved
- Vishwa Prasad, Atram Sakku, Shyam Naik
- Assembly seat in dispute
- Asifabad, reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs)
- Recent electoral losses
- Municipal chairman post and considerable major gram panchayats to BRS
- Protest site
- Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad
- Protest demand
- TPCC to sack Suguna as DCC president
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