The Telangana unit of the Congress on Sunday passed a resolution urging Rahul Gandhi to again take up the national president s post of the party.A meeting of all 33 District Congress Committees (DCCs) held in Khammam unanimously passed the .
‘Presidential type of democracy not good for country’
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TPCC working president Revanth Reddy urges PM to set aside the idea
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TPCC working president Revanth Reddy urges PM to set aside the idea
The idea of “one-nation one-election” or simultaneous elections to Parliament (Lok Sabha) and State Legislative Assemblies would divide the nation, including giving rise to demands for division of the country, Congress MP from Malkajgiri and working president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) A. Revanth Reddy said here on Monday.
Speaking to media persons here he said the plans of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), particularly those of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to change the system of democracy from the existing Parliamentary form to Presidential form would render the people of South India voiceless as a direct election to the post of President would not require the support of the electorate in the South as the result would be
‘BJP govt. misusing public exchequer for political gains’
The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday was highly disappointing as Telangana was grossly neglected in the allocation of funds, said Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president and Nalgonda MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy.
Speaking to media persons on the premises of Parliament premises after the presentation of budget, he accused the BJP government of misusing the public exchequer for political gains. He pointed out that disproportionate and higher allocations were made for election-bound States like West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and a few others, while other States were totally neglected.