Overview

• The AICC approved the appointment of 27 vice-presidents and 69 general secretaries to the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee on June 9, ending a six-month delay since B. Mahesh Kumar Goud became state unit president.
• Members of backward classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and minority communities account for about 67% of vice-presidents and 68% of general secretaries in the new leadership team.
• AICC general secretary K.C. Venugopal released the list after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge cleared the proposal.
• The reshuffle came two days after the state cabinet was expanded on June 7 with the induction of G Vivek Venkataswamy, Adluri Laxman Kumar and Vakiti Srihari as ministers.
• Party leaders plan to finalise four TPCC working presidents following a scheduled meeting between Kharge and Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy in Delhi.