Pic:TOI Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy celebrates ‘Raksha Bandhan’ festival in Hyderabad on Friday.
this was the third consecutive year that Surekha participated in the ritual While Seethakka has been tying a rakhi to Revanth for the past 12 years.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Surekha said she had tied a rakhi to the chief minister as she had done over the past two years. “I do not want to comment on this auspicious festive day,” she said. Meanwhile, sources in the AICC told TOI that the Congress leadership is likely to convene a meeting in Delhi with Revanth, deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka, TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud and AICC Telangana in charge Meenakshi Natarajan to discuss disciplinary action against Surekha as well as Telangana State Planning Board vice-chiarperson and senior Congress leader G Chinna Reddy.
Surekha was accompanied by women and child welfare minister Seethakka. Surekha’s visit assumed significance as it marked her first meeting with the chief minister after the controversy triggered by comments made by her daughter Konda Sushmitha against Revanth and the Congress party . The TPCC disciplinary committee subsequently recommended action against Surekha for failing to condemn her daughter’s remarks. The committee also took into account her differences with Congress MPs, MLAs and MLCs from Warangal district. Amid speculation over whether she would be welcomed at the chief minister’s residence, particularly in view of reports that Revanth was upset over her silence on her daughter’s comments, Surekha was received and allowed to participate in the Raksha Bandhan celebrations, underscoring a distinction between political differences and personal or cultural occasions. When asked about demands from Congress legislators for action against her, she declined to comment. However, she added that she prayed for the blessings of women to remain with Revanth. “Don’t single me out in this case.
Hyderabad : Even as the Congress high command weighs disciplinary action against her, endowments minister Konda Surekha on Friday shared a public moment of bonhomie with chief minister A Revanth Reddy, tying a rakhi to him at his residence and signalling a temporary truce amid simmering political tensions. Today is a festival day and we all women have tied rakhis to the CM,” she said.