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Telangana Assembly Elections 2023 | Former TPCC chief and BC leader Ponnala quits Congress

TPCC PCC BC Ponnala Lakshmaiah Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee

HYDERABAD

Former Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief and former Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah has tendered his resignation to the Congress protesting the ‘humiliation’ being meted out to seniors in the party in selection of candidates for the Telangana Assembly Elections 2023.

Capping the unrest among a section of senior BC leaders, who are angered at the manner in which names of certain veterans have been kept on hold ostensibly based on a survey carried out by the poll strategist Sunil Kanugolu, the first TPCC chief of Telangana State sent his two-page resignation letter to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Mallikarjun Kharge.

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