The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (or Telangana PCC) is the state unit of the

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(INC) in the state of

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, India. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. The current president of the Telangana PCC is Anumula Revanth Reddy. The committee has a long history of political influence in the united Andhra Pradesh state, however, it has faced challenges in recent years, including a decline in electoral support, particularly after the formation of Telangana as a separate state in 2014.

List of presidents

History

The first president is Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who was appointed on 11 March 2014, after the bifurcation of

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. 2 months after Lakshmaiah got appointed, the Congress suffered a disastrous defeat in the

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s, in which it got 0 out of the 175 seats in the

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and

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regions whereas in

it managed to muster a measly 21 out of the 119 seats. The party lost almost 25 pp of its vote in the United state, more than half of its votes in

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. K. Chandrashekhar Rao (known popularly as KCR) of the

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stormed to power, riding on a wave of support due to finally achieving Telangana's independence, after years of protests and hunger strikes. The Congress then got routed in the

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elections, getting only 2 seats in the 150-member civic body, a far cry from its tally of 54 earlier. In the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly elections, Congress forged an alliance with the

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, the

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, and the

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. Once arch-rivals, these parties came together with the common goal of unseating the TRS and KCR. This alliance was known as the "Maha Kootami" or Grand Alliance. The alliance won only 21 seats in the elections out of which the Congress got 19. The alliance in total got about 33% of the vote. The TRS was able to increase its majority from 63 to 88 seats. In the

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s, the Congress only got 2 seats, following which state president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy resigned from his position as TPCC president, although continued as its president until the party found a new president for the state unit. This led to political stalwart

Revanth Reddy Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian politician from Telangana. He is the Member of parliament (MP) in the 17th Lok Sabha, from the Indian National Congress representing the Malkajgiri constituency. He was a two-time Membe ...

being appointed as state party chief in 2021.

Electoral history

Telangana Legislative Assembly

Lok Sabha

Office Bearers

Headquarters

The headquarters are located at Gandhi Bhavan, near Nampally in Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana.

Activities

Membership drive

Then Telangana PCC under the leadership of Ponnala started a membership drive across all districts in the Telangana State. According to the sources while the initial target was 10 lakh registrations, TPCC was surprised by the response received from the people of Telangana. The target now is revised to 17 lakh registrations by the end of Dec 2014. Membership Booklets were distributed as part of this membership drive. The theme of this membership drive was "I am an Indian, I am a member of the Indian National Congress".

Telangana Vileena Dinam

PCC chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah announced on 17 September as the Telangana Vileena Dinam (Telangana combined day). Telangana Congress party leaders celebrated the event in Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad. During his speech, he reminded everyone that the dream of a separate Telangana state was achieved due to Sonia Gandhi's UPA Government's efforts.

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election

Protests and Incidents

On 5 August 2022, Indian National Congress held a protest against price rise and GST on essential food items at Indira Park in

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. Congress Legislative Party leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Mulug MLA

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were present at the protest.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Telangana Congress Committee Political parties in Telangana Indian National Congress by state or union territory Politics of Telangana 2014 establishments in Telangana Political parties established in 2014