All India Congress Committee secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar on Sunday hailed the decision of party MLAs who have decided to return to the Congress party from the YSR Congress camp.
Talking to media persons at Congress Legislature Party Office, Ponguleti said that the decision of MLAs to join the YSR Congress was hasty. However, they have now realised their mistake and are returning to Congress, he said adding that it would be an 'honourable' re-entry for all the MLAs. He said the MLAs have joined the YSR Congress party due to their affection towards former chief minister late YS Rajasekhara Reddy and not because of Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The AICC secretary said that the Congress party would not cow down to threats being issued by some vested elements to destabilize the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government. He claimed that there was no threat to the government as no could scare the Congress MLAs or lure them. He said that the Congress party enjoys majority and the No Confidence Motion likely to be moved by the Telugu Desam Party against the government would be defeated on the floor of the house. (INN)
2011/8/23 3:41:33 AICC secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Tuesday took serious note on YSR Congress party official spokesperson Ambati Rambabu's remark that Praja Rajyam president K Chiranjeevi allegedly took Rs 300 crore to merger his party into the Congress.
Talking to media persons at Congress Legislature Party Office, Ponguleti Sudhakar said there was no truth in the allegation and Chiranjeevi merged his party after looking at the Congress government's policies and Sonia Gandhi's leadership skills. He said Ambati Rambabu was issuing such baseless statements in order to get cheat publicity. He said Ambati Rambabu, who is supporting corrupt Jagan Mohan Reddy has no moral right to talk on Chiranjeevi, a non-controversial person.
There is no need for Chiranjeevi to sell his MLAs and the Congress party would never resort to such tactics, he said. He asked Ambati Rambabu as to how many crores he earned illegally as the chairman of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation. He said the MLAs Jayasudha, K Satyavathi and Konda Surekha have not submitted their resignations in support of Jagan and their resignations were linked with separate Telangana issue.
Ponguleti Sudhakar alleged that Jagan Mohan Reddy was playing politics over his dead father's name and trying to gain public's sympathy by using his mother. (INN)
2011/12/6 12:56:50 All India Congress Committee secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar on Tuesday stated that the soul of former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy would not rest in the peace until YSR Congress party president Jagan Mohan Reddy changes his attitude and style of functioning.
Talking to media persons, Ponguleti Sudhakar said that the former chief minister, till his last breath, worked to protect the interests of Congress party and strengthened the same at the grass root level. However, Jagan was working against the Congress party and foiling the aspirations of YSR.
Ponguleti also took serious note on those MLAs, who were elected on the `B’ form of Congress party, for voting against party whip during the No Confidence Motion introduced against the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government. He said that the people would teach a fitting lesson to all rebel Congress MLAs.
The AICC Secretary hoped that Kiran Kumar Reddy would continue his remaining stint as the Chief Minister without any problems. He predicted that Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu would sit-in for another term as Opposition Leader in the next assembly elections. (INN)
10 pro-Jagan MLAs will return to Cong, claims Minister
2011/9/2 9:56:01 At least 10 out of 26 MLAs who have submitted resignation in favour of Jagam Mohan Reddy may return to the Congress soon, claimed Health Minister D L Ravindra Reddy here on Friday.
As many as 26 Congress MLAs have resigned to their post in protest against the inclusion of former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s name in the CBI’s FIR in disproportionate assets case against Jaganmohan Reddy.
Talking to media persons, the Health minister alleged that Jagan Mohan Reddy forced the MLAs to submit their resignation and they were not given an opportunity to think even once about the consequences and their future. Regretting their decision, he said that some MLAs have contacted the Congress leaders seeking to withdraw their resignations and making efforts to rejoin Congress party.
Ravindra Reddy expressed confidence at least 10 MLAs would rejoin the Congress party soon and seek apology from Pradesh Congress Committee chief Botsa Satyanarayana for their wrong decision. He alleged that Jagan established YSR Congress party only with an intention to loot the state and protect his assets. (INN)
2012/2/3 12:01:20 AICC Secretary Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy condemned the left parties for criticising the Congress party during their convention at Khammam.
Talking to reporters at the Congress Legislature Party office here on Friday, Ponguleti said that the left parties leaders including Prakash Karat, Brinda Karat, K Narayana and BV Raghuvulu have made statements targeting the Congress party while linking it with the scams. He said the left parties should check their own credentials before commenting about the Congress.
Accusing the left parties of having double standards, Ponguleti said that they had earlier accused the Telugu Desam Party of being corrupt and were sailing with the same party now. He said the left parties' leaders have been leveling baseless allegations against the ruling party to draw political mileage. He described the left parties as a 'sinking boat' in Andhra Pradesh.
The AICC Secretary also slammed the BJP for holding the Congress party responsible for the 2G scam. He claimed that all the rules and regulations for spectrum allocation were framed by the NDA Government. Therefore, the BJP should apologise for the 2G scam before targeting the Congress government. (INN)
2011/11/24 15:09:05 Congress MLA Anan Vivekananda Reddy on Thursday said that the party would not allow Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to return to the Congress party.
Talking to reporters at the Congress Legislature Party office, Anam said that the party would not welcome Jagan's re-entry into Congress party, under any circumstances. However, he said the possibilities of Jagan returning to Congress are weak. He said the Congress MLAs who joined the YSR Congress party could return to the parent party anytime.
Anam said that Jagan has started losing the faith of legislators who joined him after leaving the Congress party. He said previously about 30 MLAs were supporting the YSR Congress party. The number has now reduced to 20 MLAs. He said the number could reduce to just 10 in the next few days.
The Congress MLA appreciated the performance of N Kiran Kumar Reddy as the Chief Minister in the last one year. He expressed hope that Kiran Kumar Reddy would complete his full term. (INN)
2011/12/5 3:28:28 AICC Secretary Ponguleti Sudhakar on Sunday issued an emotional appeal to the Congress MLAs who are now supporting YSR Congress party to vote against the No Confidence Motion.
"YS Rajasekhara Reddy served the Congress party throughout his life till he died. His soul will get hurt, if anyone tries to harm the Congress Government," Sudhakar said while talking to reporters at Assembly's Media Point. He said it would be immoral and unethical for the MLAs to vote against the Congress party's government on whose ticket they got elected.
Criticising the Telangana Rashtra Samithi for linking the statehood issue with No Confidence Motion, Sudhakar claimed that the fall of Kiran Kumar Reddy's Government would further delay the decision on Telangana issue. "It would be unfair to bring political instability in the State when the Centre is seriously trying to resolve the statehood issue. Telangana will not be a reality soon if the state government falls now," he said.
However, the AICC Secretary claimed that there was no threat to the government and it would comfortably defeat the No Confidence Motion in the assembly. Regarding the Praja Rajyam Party's MLAs, he said it was the internal matter of the Congress party and senior leaders including Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad are trying to pacify the MLAs. (INN)
Chiranjeevi will campaign in all 18 constituencies: Ponguleti
2012/4/29 6:49:02 Hyderabad, April 29 (INN): AICC Secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Sunday denied media reports that Rajya Sabha MP K Chiranjeevi would campaign only in five out of 18 assembly constituencies where by-elections are scheduled to be held on June 12.
Talking to reporters at the Congress Legislature Party office, Ponguleti said that being the star-campaigner of Congress party, Chiranjeevi would campaign for all 18 assembly and one Lok Sabha seats. He said Chiranjeevi would never confine himself to a few seats. He accused a section of media of distorting Chiranjeevi's statements to claim that he would confine himself to just five assembly segments.
Ponguleti also came down heavily on Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu for targeting the Congress party. He said that Naidu has been making false allegations against the Congress leaders and State Government. He said Naidu's malicious campaign against the ruling party would backfire against him and people would teach the TDP a fitting lesson in the next elections.
The Congress MLC also advised Naidu to take rest due to health problems by resigning from the party post and as the Leader of the Opposition.
Ponguleti also expressed concern over the wastage of public money on by-elections. He said that the by-elections have been imposed upon the people by some individuals for their own benefits. He said that the money which was being spent on conducting by-elections could have been spent on the drought-hit areas of the State. The State Government was forced to halt several welfare and development schemes due to Model Code of Conduct, he said while adding that frequent by-elections had an adverse impact on the pace of development in the State.
However, he defended by-elections in Tirupati assembly seat. He said Chiranjeevi had to vacate the seat after his elevation as the Rajya Sabha MP. He said the case of Tirupati seat was different from 17 other assembly constituencies.
Ponguleti also requested all the MLAs and MLCs to spend their funds for two-months to solve the drinking water problems in the State.
The MLAs and MLCs of the congress party from Telangana have been boycotting the assembly session for some time now. With members of the TRS and the TDP from Telangana too boycotting the session, the proceedings have been conducted sand any representative from Telangana.
The T Congress MLAs and MLCs have now decided to end their boycott and attend the Assembly session. This comes as a big jolt to the TRS. The TRS has been successful so far in uniting all the Telangana legislators but with the latest move, the TRS stand has been diluted a lot.
2011/12/19 17:29:52 All India Congress Committee secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar on Monday condemned the Telugu Desam Party for levelling allegations that the ministers have nexus with the liquor syndicate.
Talking to media persons at Congress Legislature Party Office, Ponguleti said that the TDP has no moral right to criticize the ministers as they have sold arrack sachets directly in the police stations under the name of Varuna Vahini. Alleging that Chandrababu Naidu's regime was notorious for heavy sales of liquor, he challenged the TDP to for a public debate on granting of liquor permits. He said that the Vigilance Commission in its report has exposed several irregularities in liquor permits during the TDP's regime.
Ponguleti said that both Excise and Prohibition Minister Mopidevi Venkataramana Rao and Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana have already declared that those involved in the liquor scam would not be spared. He asked the TDP to stop making baseless allegations against Ministers and the Congress party to get mileage in media. (INN)
Ponguleti asks KCR to apologise for calling Sonia a 'devil'
2012/5/3 6:39:12 Hyderabad, May 3 (INN): AICC secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Thursday came down heavily on Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao for criticizing Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Telangana issue.
Talking to media persons at the Congress Legislature Party office, Ponguleti raised serious objection over KCR describing Sonia Gandhi as 'devil' and sought his unconditional apology from him. Demanding KCR to withdraw his remarks against Sonia Gandhi, he took serious note on KCR for using foul language against the national leaders.
Advising KCR to have control on his words, he warned him of serious consequences if he did not stop using 'vulgar' language. Stating that the formation of separate State was delayed mainly due to the attitude of KCR, he accused him of misusing the agitation for his selfish gains and to strengthen his family.
Ponguleti also condemned KCR for calling people of the region to grill elected representatives on the Telangana statehood issue. Stating that Congress party was committed for the formation of Telangana State, he said that the government would resolve the issue soon.
Ponguleti slams opposition for anti-Congress campaign
2012/5/22 4:08:54 Hyderabad, May 22 (INN): AICC secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar on Tuesday said that some vested elements have launched malicious campaign against the Congress party to defeat it in the ensuing by-elections.
Talking to media persons at the Congress Legislature Party office, Ponguleti Sudhakar called upon party rank and file to teach a fitting lesson to those 'vested elements' by defeating them in the by-elections. Stating that he had visited Tirupati and Nellore constituencies as part of election campaign, he said that there has been an improvement in the morale of party leaders compared to previous elections.
Ponguleti expressed confidence that the Congress candidates would win with a huge majority in the by-elections. He advised the party leaders to popularize the government's welfare schemes and programmes and seek votes on the performance of government. He condemned the TDP, TRS and YSR Congress party leaders for leveling baseless charges against the Congress party to tarnish its image and to get mileage in the by-elections.
The AICC Secretary asked the party cadre to inform the control room at Gandhi Bhavan against those who are trying to do 'match fixing' with other parties while damaging the image of Congress party and the government.
2011/12/9 12:49:46 Minor Irrigation Minister T G Venkatesh on Friday stated that all doors have been closed for those rebel MLAs who want to return to the Congress party.
Talking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan after attending Sonia Gandhi's birthday celebrations, Venkatesh said that the Jagan groups MLAs were making futile attempts to come back to the Congress party even after voting in favour of No Confidence Motion. He claimed that at least three MLAs have been making serious attempts to return to Congress party's fold. However, he said that the Congress party's doors have been shut for them permanently.
Stating that the party would initiate disciplinary action against 16 MLAs for the violation of whip, he said that the party would never spare anybody and their disqualification would send a strong message among other MLAs. He expressed confidence that the Congress party would win with huge margin of votes in the by-elections to be conducted in the constituencies presently represented by Jagan group MLAs. “The people of respective constituencies will teach a fitting lesson to rebel MLAs for switching the loyalties,” he said.
Venkatesh denied allegations that the Congress party tried to lure the dissident MLAs with money bags and posts and described the allegations as baseless and far from truth. He asked YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to proof the allegations of if he has any evidence. He alleged that both Telangana Rashtra Samithi and YS Congress party have together conspired to dethrone the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government. (INN)
Congress MLAs seek return of ex-colleagues from Jagan's camp
2011/9/5 4:57:33 Congress MLAs from Kadapa district Veera Shiva Reddy and Vardharajula Reddy on Monday wondered over the statement of Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy disassociating himself with the Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy after the latter's arrest in the mining scam.
Talking to reporters at Congress Legislature Party office, Shiva Reddy said Jagan Mohan Reddy benefitted a lot with the Gali Brothers and was hand in glove with them in the illegal mining activity. However, minutes after Gali was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Jagan distanced himself with the Gali brothers. He reminded that at the time of inauguration of Brahmani Steels, it was the same Gali Janardhan Reddy who gifted a hi-tech bus worth Rs 5 crore to the then Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
Vardharajula Reddy said Jagan's latest stance on Gali must be a lesson for all the MLAs who are supporting him. If the MLAs face any problem in future, then Jagan would not even identify them. He said the MLAs must reconsider their decision and return to Congress fold. "Jagan will distance himself and not even identity KVP Ramachandra Rao, YSR's ex-advisor, if he is named in some scam. This speaks a lot about an individual's character," he said.
The Congress MLAs ridiculed the claim of YSR Congress party spokesperson Ambati Rambabu that more than 70 MLAs would join Jagan's camp and resign to their post. They said even the 26 MLAs were regretting their decision and might quit the Jagan's camp instead of resigning from their assembly membership. They challenged that both of them would quit the Congress if even three MLAs from the existing 26 MLAs express that they willingly submitting resignation letter to the Speaker. (INN)
Ponguleti asks EC to ban leaders using foul language
2012/5/1 4:00:52 Hyderabad, May 1 (INN): AICC Secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar on Tuesday took serious note on political leaders trading serious charges against each other during the campaign for the ensuing by-elections.
Talking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan, Ponguleti Sudhakar said that the political leaders, in the name of election campaign, have been leveling baseless charges against each other and using the derogatory language damaging the party and personal image. “The leaders are leveling personal allegations against others in order to damage their image,” he stated.
Ponguleti appealed to the Election Commission of India to act tough against those leaders, who use foul language in the elections and disqualify them from contesting in the elections. “The Election Commission should consider imposing ban on such persons who use vulgar language in the election campaigns,” he stated.
The AICC Secretary condemned media reports that Congress was facing crisis due to selection of candidates in the constituencies. He said that selection of aspirants was delayed as there were many aspirants in the constituencies. However, the high command would announce the aspirants list in a day or two, he said.
He accused a section of media of publishing baseless reports in order to damage ruling party's image.
2011/12/3 15:52:46 Telugu Desam Party Deputy Floor Leader Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu on Saturday called upon the YSR Congress Party and Telangana Rashtra Samiti members to support the No Confidence Motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government.
Talking to media persons at Assembly's Media Point, Gali said that the YSR Congress and TRS members, who dared the TDP to introduce the no trust motion, have to prove their sincerity by supporting it in the House. When the Speaker Nadendla Manohar sought votes for debating motion, he said that the TRS members have been walked out of House and YSR Congress party MLAs did not support it. "This indicates that they have been sold out to Congress party and decided to save the government," he alleged.
When the reporters asked as to why he was making allegations against TRS MLAs when they clearly stated that they would vote against the government, another TDP MLA K S Ratnam shotback while accusing the media personnel of showing love towards TRS and YSR Congress. These remarks led to a heated argument between the scribes and K S Ratnam. In protest, the reporters demanded an apology from him. However, without saying anything Ratnam left the venue. (INN)
2011/12/6 12:58:50 The Telugu Desam Telangana Forum convenor Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Tuesday criticised the Congress MLAs from the Telangana region for voting against the No Confidence Motion.
Talking to reporters in the assembly premises, Errabelli asked Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram and TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao as to why they have achieved by supporting the Telangana Congress MLAs. "The MLAs simply ignored the requests of Prof Kodandaram and KCR and voted in favour of the government," he said. He reminded that former minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy had earlier announced that he would resign from the Congress party if it fails to announce separate Telangana by December 1. However, he said Komatireddy not only stayed with the party, but also cast his vote to save the government.
Errabelli said that unlike Congress MLAs, the TDP MLAs from the region were always committed for Telangana and all 32 members have even resigned to the post for the statehood cause. Reiterating his appeal, he said that all political leaders from the region should fight unitedly for the cause of separate Telangana. (INN)
2011/10/29 21:34:29 As owed by TRS president KCR to wipe off Congress and TDP from Telangana region, he is successful to attract 3 Telangana Congress MLAs- Jupalli Krishna Rao, Rajayya and Somarapu Satyanarayana into TRS party today. These 3 MLAs along with their followers are going to join TRS party on Sunday around 3 pm in the presence of KCR. It is learnt they will hold a press meet at Press Club in Somajiguda Hyderabad at 11 am to announce their decision to media.
KCR said many more MLAs from Congress and TDP are on their way to join TRS in the days to come and he is sure both the parties have to vacate from Telangana before 2014 elections.
Motukupalli questions T-Cong MLAs' silence on No Trust move
2011/12/5 6:49:37 The Telugu Desam Telangana Forum member Motukupalli Narasimhulu questioned the silence of Congress MLAs from the Telangana region over the statehood issue.
Talking to reporters here on Sunday, Narasimhulu said that the Telangana Congress MLAs should vote against the government to prove their commitment towards the statehood. He said that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh changed their stand on Telangana repeatedly. Therefore, the Congress MLAs must teach them a lesson by voting in favour of the No Confidence Motion. Asking the Congress MLAs to break their silence, he demanded that they announce their support for the No Confidence Motion.
Narasimhulu also asked the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and YSR Congress MLAs to clarify their stand by voting in favour of the No Confidence Motion. He also criticised the Speaker for not allowing discussion on the No Confidence Motion only for one day. He said that the TDP has moved the motion due to the failure of Kiran Kumar Reddy Government on several fronts and more time was required for discussions. (INN)
2011/12/3 16:01:23 Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao appealed to all MLAs from the Telangana region to vote in favour of the No Confidence Motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government.
Talking to reporters after unveiling the statue of Shrikanth Chary, who committed suicide for the cause of Telangana, near Clock Tower here on Saturday, the TRS chief said that the Telangana MLAs should vote in favour of the motion as the same government was responsible for delaying the Telangana state.
Chandrasekhar Rao said that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has been using coercive methods to suppress the Telangana agitation and therefore, he must not be allowed to continue in power. He said the TRS would organise rallies and dharnas on Monday to mount pressure on Congress MLAs from the region to vote against the government. (INN)
2012/3/2 6:36:36 Government chief whip Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy on Friday appealed to all MLAs to attend the House regularly to rebut opposition charges on various issues.
Talking to media persons at Congress Legislature Party Office after the conclusion of CLP's Executive Committee meeting, he said the that all the MLAs have been asked to attend the Assembly session regularly to effectively counter the opposition on various public issues.
As opposition parties have been pressing the government on various issues which might brought disrepute to the government, he said that the CLP has asked all Congress MLAs to ensure their presence in the House all the time. He said that the meeting has also unanimously decided to increase the individual contribution of all CLP members from Rs 500 to Rs 1000 for the maintenance of CLP office.
According to sources, of 158 ruling party members including the PRP MLAs, less than 20 MLAs turned up for the session several times. With treasury benches remaining empty most of the time, it became easier for the Opposition to cornering the government on various issues.
The meeting also discussed about gearing up the party for ensuing by-elections and local body elections. (INN)
All India Congress Committee secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar on Sunday hailed the decision of party MLAs who have decided to return to the Congress party from the YSR Congress camp.
AICC Secretary Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy condemned the left parties for criticising the Congress party during their convention at Khammam.
Congress MLA Anan Vivekananda Reddy on Thursday said that the party would not allow Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to return to the Congress party.
Minor Irrigation Minister T G Venkatesh on Friday stated that all doors have been closed for those rebel MLAs who want to return to the Congress party.
Telugu Desam Party Deputy Floor Leader Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu on Saturday called upon the YSR Congress Party and Telangana Rashtra Samiti members to support the No Confidence Motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government.
The Telugu Desam Telangana Forum convenor Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Tuesday criticised the Congress MLAs from the Telangana region for voting against the No Confidence Motion.
As owed by TRS president KCR to wipe off Congress and TDP from Telangana region, he is successful to attract 3 Telangana Congress MLAs- Jupalli Krishna Rao, Rajayya and Somarapu Satyanarayana into TRS party today. These 3 MLAs along with their followers are going to join TRS party on Sunday around 3 pm in the presence of KCR. It is learnt they will hold a press meet at Press Club in Somajiguda Hyderabad at 11 am to announce their decision to media. 
The Telugu Desam Telangana Forum member Motukupalli Narasimhulu questioned the silence of Congress MLAs from the Telangana region over the statehood issue.
