Overview

• BRS MLC K. Kavitha wrote open letters on July 2–3 to BJP Telangana president N. Ramchander Rao and AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge urging them to press the Centre for Presidential assent to the 42% BC reservation bills.
• She unveiled plans for a Rail Roko protest on July 17 to halt trains to Delhi and intensify pressure for immediate approval of the BC quota legislation.
• Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Mahesh Kumar Goud publicly challenged Kavitha’s credibility over her campaign motives, prompting intervention by Congress high command.
• AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge convened the TPCC executive meeting to reinforce party discipline, review government performance and push for caste census data disclosure.
• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy committed to securing 100 Assembly seats and contributing 15 Lok Sabha MPs as Congress prepares for upcoming local body elections.