Ganga Reddy’s murder opens old wounds in Congress

JAGTIAL: The murder of Maru Ganga Reddy, a former MPTC and close aide of veteran Congress leader T Jeevan Reddy, has led to turmoil in the district unit of the ruling Congress.

A day after the murder, a war of words erupted between Jeevan Reddy and Jagtial MLA M Sanjay Kumar, who recently defected to the Congress from the BRS.

In separate interviews to the media, the two leaders levelled allegations against each other, albeit indirectly.

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Jeevan Reddy said that the MLAs who migrated from the BRS to the Congress after the elections should be suspended. “As per Schedule 10 of the Constitution, if any legislator changes parties, he or she is liable for suspension. AICC leader Rahul Gandhi is also against such defections,” the MLC said.

He revealed that he has already expressed this view to the party high command. “I am deeply dissatisfied over developments in the party. The Congress government in the state is stable, the party enjoys full majority. It does not even need the support of the AIMIM, and there is no necessity of admitting leaders from other parties,” Jeevan Reddy said.