Telangana Minister's Daughter Criticised Revanth Reddy. Then A Sacking

Telangana Congress leader Konda Surekha distanced herself from her daughter's criticism of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and even reached out to the party high command - all in an attempt to save her ministerial berth. Her efforts, however, turned out to be futile on Thursday after she was dropped from the Council of Ministers with immediate effect - a move she ascribed to "settling a grudge".After being dropped from the cabinet, the former state Forest and Endowments Minister returned to her oft-repeated defence that she cannot be punished for her daughter Konda Sushmita's actions. She called her sacking "a conspiratorial action" and argued that many politicians in the past had escaped harsh punishment despite openly criticising Congress bigwigs such as Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi."I have not criticised the party or the chief minister anywhere. Yet, they issued me show-cause notices.