Grassroot workers will get priority in local body polls: TPCC chief
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Hyderabad:
Telangana Congress
president B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Sunday said that candidates to contest the panchayat, MPTC, and ZPTC elections would be selected based on survey reports and feedback from key party leaders regarding their winning prospects.
"Priority will be given to those who work hard at the grassroots level. The selection of candidates will be a mix of young and senior leaders. It is the responsibility of the senior leaders to guide the younger members. Women will get their quota of seats in the local body polls," he said at the party workers' meeting held in Nizamabad.
He dismissed the opposition's allegations over AICC Telangana in charge Meenakshi Natarajan's participation in the padayatra led by him.
"AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, in the presence of chief minister A Revanth Reddy, asked the TPCC leadership to undertake a padayatra to reach out to the people at the grassroots level and understand their problems. Meenakshi Natarajan is participating as the chief guest in the padayatra, as in charge of Telangana affairs," he said.
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Mahesh Goud criticised former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for taking loans at higher interest rates, leaving behind a debt of nearly Rs 8 lakh crore on the state exchequer. "Former ministers KT Rama Rao and T Harish Rao are trying to mislead the people on the Banakacherla project. BRS MLC K Kavitha should clarify her stance on which political party she belongs to. Kavitha never spoke about BC welfare when the BRS govt was in power, and now she has developed a sudden affection towards the BCs," Mahesh Goud alleged.
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