Former minister criticises Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and party leadership, says he faced repeated humiliation within the party
Jeevan Reddy with his supporters at a meeting held in Jagtial
Karimnagar: Veteran leader and former minister T. Jeevan Reddy resigned from the primary membership of the Congress and his position as an AICC member on Wednesday, citing concerns over the party’s recent functioning and its encouragement of political defectors.
He announced his decision at a meeting held with his supporters in a private function hall in Jagtial district and sent his resignation letter to AICC president Mallikarjuna Kharge.
Jeevan Reddy, who has been associated with the Congress for over four decades, said he had written to the top leadership nearly a year ago regarding local issues in the Jagtial Assembly constituency, but no action was taken.
The development follows the party’s growing proximity to BRS MLA M. Sanjay Kumar, who defected to the Congress. Jeevan Reddy stated that inviting a defecting MLA to official meetings violated constitutional norms and undermined Rahul Gandhi’s slogans of ‘Jai Bhim’ and ‘Jai Samvidhan’. He also walked out of a recent party meeting in protest.
Concluding his four-decade association with the party, Jeevan Reddy said he could no longer continue amid what he termed unilateral support for defectors over the past 20 months. While thanking the Congress for the positions and honours he received, he said the neglect of grassroots workers who had carried the party for decades made his continuation untenable.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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