Overview
- Konda Sushmita publicly challenged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and said she will run for the Parkal assembly seat even as an independent if the party denies her a ticket, comments first aired at her mother’s birthday rally on Wednesday.
- Revanth had earlier publicly backed sitting MLA Revuri Prakash Reddy for Parkal, a move reported to have triggered the Konda camp’s backlash and the current dispute over local candidate selection.
- The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee’s disciplinary panel issued a three-day showcause notice to Minister Konda Surekha and asked other senior leaders for explanations while suspending Jakkidi Prabhakar Reddy and issuing notices to G. Chinna Reddy.
- A group of about 20 Congress MLAs and MLCs has demanded strict action including Surekha’s dismissal, and opposition parties BJP and BRS have amplified Sushmita’s unproven allegation of a ₹200-crore land deal linked to the chief minister’s family.
- The episode highlights a deeper old-guard versus Revanth-era leadership split in Telangana, raises questions about backward-class representation in ticket choices, and sets up a test for the Congress high command over candidate selection and party discipline.