Congress has intensified its efforts to come to power in Telangana in the next elections at any cost. It has changed the party in-charge for the state. The new in-charge Manicka Tagore is trying to strengthen the party adopting the ways different from his predecessors.
In a departure from the earlier practice, Tagore has told district party leaders that he himself will meet them in their district and they need not to come to him. He is already visiting houses of various leaders in Hyderabad city. Sources say he is discussing selection of candidates for graduates’ MLC election and formation of new executive committees among other issues. Before this, all activities were conducted in the open. Now, Tagore has changed this system. Congress leaders are saying secrecy is the new buzzword in party activities.
Secret survey for PCC chief
The party high command has decided to change PCC chief in Telangana. It is also said to be considering some names for the post. Senior leaders V Hanumantha Rao, Jagga Reddy, Revanth Reddy, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, Dasoju Sravan and others are in the race. However, Manicka Tagore is said to be conducting a secret survey as per the parameters set by the party high command for the new party chief.
For alienated sections…
The party’s new in-charge is said to be chalking out strategies to reach out to the sections which drifted away from the party in the last 10 years. Congress lost the support of Dalits as well as BCs. One reason cited for this alienation is that no leader from these sections has been given PCC chief post in recent years.
Hence, Tagore is said to have laid his focus on this issue. He has intensified efforts to bring back the alienated sections of population back into party fold and is uniting all senior leaders. Sources said Tagore has been meeting Dalit and BC leaders individually for the last few days and enquiring about their problems. Despite his hard work to bring back the past glory to the party, it has to be seen if the senior leaders will extend their support to him or slide into their usual group politics.
