Senior Cong. Leaders Lobby For Nominated Posts From Adilabad

ADILABAD: While top Congressional leaders are stepping up lobbying for nominated posts, first-round appointees who complete their two-year terms on July 10 are seeking extensions.

Sources said that in the first phase, the state government has sought intelligence reports on the performance of 14 leaders serving as company presidents. The decision on extension of tenure is expected to be taken by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, AICC Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan and TPCC president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud based on these reports.

Party leaders, along with scores of candidates running for nominated posts at the district and state levels, meet the leadership and submit their bio-data.

Discontent also emerged among some senior leaders over the lack of protocol duties. Leaders of the old Adilabad district have expressed concern over under-representation in nominated positions.

Kotnak Tirupati, who served as chairman of Telangana Girijan Cooperative Finance Development Corporation, was the only leader from the erstwhile Adilabad district to take up the post of chairman of the company in the initial phase. His term ended on July 10.

Many senior leaders, including women in the region, are currently seeking nominating positions. The candidates include former and current DCC chairmen.

Some leaders were appointed as Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha president, market committee president and ATMA president. While long-serving senior leaders in the party are seeking state-level positions, some are targeting the post of chairman of Adilabad District Cooperative Central Bank. Among those seeking candidacy are leaders who were rejected for Parliament membership.

The candidates are meeting Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, minister Seethakka and Rajya Sabha member Vem Narender Reddy.

Some DCC chairmen seeking posts said, “For effective implementation of the state government’s welfare and development plans, it would be good to give the nominated posts to DCC chairmen.”

A DCC chairman from old Adilabad district said: “They can handle both the nominated post and the DCC chairman post as protocol is important to coordinate with district officials and participate in government programmes.”