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Uttam vows to wrest power from TRS
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday vowed that he would bring Congress party to power in Telangana in the next elections.
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday vowed that he would bring Congress party to power in Telangana in the next elections.
He made these comments while having an informal chat with the media on the occasion of his birthday. Earlier, Congress workers and leaders thronged Gandhi Bhavan to celebrate the birthday of Uttam, who turned 56 on Wednesday.
The occasion was celebrated with grandeur and fanfare by the Congress party workers who reached Gandhi Bhavan in small and large groups throughout the day. They cut the cakes and participated in celebrations. They wished the TPCC chief a long, healthy and prosperous life and expressed confidence that Congress would come to power in Telangana in 2019 under his leadership.
Grand celebrations were also organised at his residence in Banjara Hills. Special puja, blood donation camp, distribution of fruits among patients and similar activities were also organised across the State, especially in Huzurnagar and Kodad constituencies.
AICC secretary V Hanumantha Rao, TPCC Vice-President Dr Mallu Ravi, TPCC Treasurer Gudur Narayana Reddy, Youth Congress president Anil Kumar Yadav and other senior leaders participated in the celebrations at Gandhi Bhavan.
Birthday wishes poured in for Uttam from Governor ESL Narasimhan, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Leaders of Opposition K Jana Reddy and Shabbir Ali and many other dignitaries including MPs, MLAs, MLCs and other leaders belonging to all political parties. Uttam thanked the Congress party workers for the love and affection. He expressed his resolve to work hard to bring the party to power in the State.
Congress prepared for gram panchayat polls. The TPCC chief demanded that the State government should explain the basis on which seats were being reserved in the forthcoming Panchayat Raj elections. Stating that the reservation of Sarpanches was not being done in a scientific manner, he said that there were lot of contradictions in the new Panchayat Raj Act and its implementation. Therefore, he said that the government must come clear on reservation policy in the Panchayat polls.
Uttam also demanded that the findings of Intensive Household Survey, conducted by the State government, in August 2014, should be made public. He said the data collected in the survey should be placed in the public domain, so as to provide a clear picture on the basis on which reservation of seats in Panchayat Raj elections is being done.
He announced that the Congress party would soon convene mandal-level meetings to discuss reservation of seats for Sarpanches. He said Congress party was fully prepared to face and win the Panchayat Raj elections.
The TPCC chief added that many leaders belonging to TRS, BJP and TDP were waiting to join the Congress party. However, he did not disclose the names or the time when they would be formally joining the Congress.
