Congress Young Turks

A batch of young Congress leaders from Telangana, who were concerned that the present senior leadership failing to counter TRS government effectively, are coming together to strengthen party’s base and ensure people to rally around the party by 2009 polls. Reflecting `Young Turks’ who provided dynamic support to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in early 70s, are now said to be working out with the active support from party vice president Rahul Gandhi’s team.

Discontented with the senior leaders’s `soft’ attitude towards ruling-TRS’s mischievous attempts to virtually `finish’ opposition parties in the state, are strategically moving to transform the party as a formidable challenger by 2019 polls.

It may be recalled that leaders like former union minister S Jaipal Reddy and leader of opposition K Jana Reddy are hardly confine themselves to the media events. In view of their age also, these young leaders’ fears that after them a big leadership vacuum may makes the party suffer.

Telangana Congress Committee working President and MLA Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka is said to be leading light of this `Young Turk’ group. Already they have met twice informally and planning to meet after the conclusion of ongoing winter session of the Assembly to chalk out their course of action.

They have decided to visit all the districts to create awareness among people on the anti-people policies of the state government. For this purpose, they have already mobilised about Rs 2 crore fund, each contributing Rs 10 lakh.

They are claiming that their efforts are voluntarily only to save the party and also people from TRS government, but not expecting any positions in the party.