Telangana Congress has decided to hold its public meeting at Tukkuguda on the outskirts of the city after the party failed to get permission from the authorities concerned for the two venues it had proposed — Parade Grounds and LB Stadium — in the heart of the city.
The meeting is planned for September 17 evening marking the culmination of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting planned from September 16 to 17 where top leaders of the party from across the country will participate. Telangana was chosen as the venue for the CWC meeting after the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) requested the high command to let it host the meeting of the highest decision making body of the Congress party.
AICC general secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal, who was in Hyderabad on Wednesday, finalised the Tukkuguda venue after inspecting several locations for the public meeting where Sonia Gandhi will announce five guarantees to be implemented in Telangana kickstarting the campaigning for the Telangana Assembly elections scheduled in December this year.
