Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy removed minister Konda Surekha from his cabinet

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy removed minister Konda Surekha from his cabinet.

“On the advice of the chief minister of Telangana, the governor of Telangana has dropped minister Konda Surekha from the council of ministers with immediate effect,” a Lok Bhavan release said. Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla approved the chief minister’s recommendation to remove Surekha. Surekha was one of only two women in Revanth’s cabinet, the other being panchayat raj and rural development minister D Anusuya, popularly known as Seethakka.

HYDERABAD: Cracking down on growing concerns over indiscipline within the Telangana Congress , chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday dropped endowments and forests and environment minister Konda Surekha from his cabinet and rescinded veteran Congress leader G Chinna Reddy’s appointment as vice-chairman of the Telangana Planning Board.

A contender for the ticket herself, Susmita had said on Aug 19 that the CM did not have the authority to make such a decision and also levelled other allegations against him. A close associate of former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, Surekha had served in his cabinet before quitting the Congress following his death in a helicopter crash in 2009.

After meeting Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Surekha said she had explained her position and challenged the high command to take whatever action it deemed appropriate. Surekha’s removal came barely a fortnight after her daughter, Konda Susmita, criticised Revanth for stating that sitting Parkal MLA Revuri Prakash Reddy would be given the Congress ticket from the constituency in the next assembly election. several Congress MLAs and MLCs demanded action against her While Surekha maintained that she could not be held responsible for her adult daughter’s comments. She later joined the YSR Congress and then the TRS, now BRS, before returning to the Congress. She reiterated that her daughter was an adult and her remarks should not be linked to her.