Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentAnumula Revanth Reddy
ChairpersonAnumula Revanth Reddy (
Founded11 March 2014
HeadquartersGandhi Bhavan, Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana
Youth wingTelangana Youth Congress
Women's wingTelangana Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Membership5 million (March 2022)
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[4]
AllianceIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
3 / 17
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 7
Seats in Telangana Legislative Assembly
64 / 119
Seats in Telangana Legislative Council
3 / 40
Election symbol
Website
https://www.tpcc.org.in

The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (or Telangana PCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the state of Telangana, India.[5] 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

List of presidents
Portrait Name Term Ref.
Anumula Revanth Reddy 7 July 2021 Incumbent
N. Uttam Kumar Reddy 2 March 2015 7 July 2021 [6]
Ponnala Lakshmaiah 11 March 2014 2 March 2015

History

The first president is Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who was appointed on 11 March 2014, after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.[7] 2 months after Lakshmaiah got appointed, the Congress suffered a disastrous defeat in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, in which it got 0 out of the 175 seats in the Coastal Andhra and Rayalseema regions whereas in Telangana it managed to muster a measly 21 out of the 119 seats. The party lost almost 25pp of its vote in the United state, more than half of its votes in 2009. K. Chandrashekhar Rao (known popularly as KCR) of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi 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 GHMC elections, getting only 2 seats in the 150-member civic body, a far cry from its tally of 54 earlier.[8]

In the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly elections, Congress forged an alliance with the Telangana Jana Samithi, the Telugu Desam Party, and the Communist Party of India. Once arch-rivals, these parties came together with the common goal of unseating the TRS and KCR. This alliance was known as the "Praja Kutami" or People's 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.[9]

In the 2020 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections, 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.[10] This led to political stalwart Revanth Reddy being appointed as state party chief in 2021.[11]

Electoral history

Telangana Legislative Assembly

Year Party leader Seats won Change
in seats		 Vote share Swing Popular vote Outcome
2014 Ponnala Lakshmaiah
21 / 119
 Decrease 29[lower-alpha 1] 25.0% Decrease 8.1[lower-alpha 2] TBC Opposition
2018 N. Uttam Kumar Reddy
19 / 119
 Decrease 2 28.4% Increase 3.4 5,883,111 Opposition
2023 Anumula Revanth Reddy
64 / 119
 Increase 46 39.4% Increase 11% 9,235,792 Government

Lok Sabha

Year Floor leader Seats won Change
in seats		 Vote share Swing Popular vote Outcome
2014 Mallikarjun Kharge
2 / 17
 Decrease 10[lower-alpha 3] 24.68% Decrease 11.86[lower-alpha 4] 4,755,715 Opposition
2019 Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
3 / 17
 Increase 1 29.79% Increase 5.11 5,496,686 Opposition

Office Bearers

Name Designation Location Ref.
A.Revanth ReddyPresidentMalkajgiri, Medchal-Malkajgiri district[12][13]
Sambani ChandrashekarSenior Vice PresidentKhammam district
Mohammad AzharuddinWorking PresidentHyderabad District
J. Geeta ReddyWorking PresidentHyderabad District
Anjan Kumar YadavWorking PresidentHyderabad district
Jagga ReddyWorking PresidentSangareddy district
Bomma Mahesh Kumar GoudWorking PresidentNizamabad District
Zafar JaveedSenior Vice PresidentHyderabad District
Gopishetty NiranjanSenior Vice PresidentHyderabad District
Ramesh MaharajSenior Vice PresidentVikrabad District
Rajeev ReddyYouth Congress Vice PresidentMahbubnagar District

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[14] 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).[15] 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 Hyderabad. Congress Legislative Party leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Mulug MLA Seethakka were present at the protest.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Wu, Jin; Gettleman, Jeffrey (22 May 2019). "India Election 2019: A Simple Guide to the World's Largest Vote". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2023. The Indian National Congress led India for most of the nation's post-independence history. This secular, centre-left party's leader is Rahul Gandhi, whose father, grandmother and great-grandfather were prime ministers.
  2. ↑ S. Harikrishnan, ed. (2022). Social Spaces and the Public Sphere: A Spatial-history of Modernity in Kerala. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000786583. Electorally, both the left-leaning Communist parties (and allies) and the centre-left Indian National Congress (and allies) have been active in Kerala.
  3. ↑ Shekh Moinuddin, ed. (2021). Digital Shutdowns and Social Media: Spatiality, Political Economy and Internet Shutdowns in India. Springer Nature. p. 99. ISBN 9783030678883. Meanwhile, in the last four years, there has been a shift in social content and strategy of the BJP and the major opposition party, centre-left Indian National Congress (INC).
  4. ↑ [1][2][3]
  5. ↑ "Congress names PCC chiefs for Seemandhra, Telangana - Economic Times". The Economic Times. Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "TPCC Chief: I'll Strive to Strengthen Party". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ponnala Lakshmaiah is Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Raghuveera APCC president The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Nanisetti, Serish (5 December 2020). "GHMC election | Massive vote-share swing helped BJP". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Telangana Election Results 2018: TRS wins 88 seats, KCR set to return for a second term". Financialexpress. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Uttam Kumar Reddy resigns as chief of Telangana Congress after GHMC poll debacle". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  11. ↑ Kurmanath, K. V. Kurmanath & K. V. (26 June 2021). "Congress appoints Revanth Reddy as Telangana PCC chief". The Hindu BusinessLine. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  12. ↑ Reddy, R. Ravikanth (5 December 2020). "Who after Uttam? New TPCC chief will come only after a month". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  13. ↑ "PRESIDENT OF PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE". Indian National Congress.
  14. ↑ "Latest Telugu News, తెలుగు వార్తలు, News in Telugu, తెలుగులో వార్తలు, Telugu News Live". October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Latest Telugu News, తెలుగు వార్తలు, News in Telugu, తెలుగులో వార్తలు, Telugu News Live". October 2022.
  16. ↑ "Telangana: Congress protests against price rise, GST on essential food items". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

Notes

  1. ↑ Compared to 2009 Legislative Assembly election results in the Telangana region only
  2. ↑ Compared to 2009 Legislative Assembly election results in the Telangana region only
  3. ↑ Compared to 2009 Indian general election results in the Telangana region only
  4. ↑ Compared to 2009 Indian general election results in the Telangana region only
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