Telangana sources have stated that the fight for the post of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee President has been intensified in the party. With the existing TPCC President N Uttam Kumar Reddy failed to perform up to the mark, many senior leaders are making beeline to get key post ahead of 2019 elections. Meanwhile the Party senior leaders Ponnala Laxmaiah, K Jana Reddy, Komatireddy Venkatreddy, J Geeta Reddy, Mohd Ali Shabbir etc already met AICC President Sonia Gandhi and lobbied strongly for the TPCC Chief post.
Moreover sources said that some of them informed Sonia their readiness to run the party without any financial assistance from Congress high command and some them also told AICC Vice President Rahul Gandhi they are ready to give Rs 100 crore as party fund in lieu of giving the post.
Sources have stated that as the party is struggling hard to survive in Telangana, the party high command is inclined to handover TPCC cudgels to a able leader who is financially strong also. A decision to this effect will be taken by the end of December this year.
