Surekha attacks Revanth, seeks continuation in Cabinet
Endowments Minister Konda Surekha has challenged the Congress leadership's decision to hold her accountable for her daughter's controversial remarks. She is demanding to remain in the Cabinet while questioning the party's disciplinary standards regarding other leaders.
Why it matters
The internal conflict highlights factionalism within the state Congress party and raises questions about political accountability and representation of backward classes.
Endowments Minister Konda Surekha on Wednesday launched a direct attack on Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy after meeting AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi, questioning the Congress leadership’s decision to hold her responsible for comments made by her daughter Sushmita.
Ms. Surekha said she had explained her position to the party’s central leadership and requested that she be allowed to continue in the Cabinet. She maintained that her daughter was a married and independent woman and that she (Surekha) could not be held responsible for her remarks. “I have told the Congress leadership everything I have to say. The party leaders said they would think about it,” she told the media during an informal interaction in Delhi.
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