New PCC chief vows to take up people's issues with TRS govt

Newly-appointed Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president N Uttam Kumar Reddy today vowed to fight for people's issues and strengthen the party organisation in the state.
Reddy, who has been the working president of TPCC, replaced Ponnala Lakshmaiah in a reshuffle by the AICC.
"TRS abused us before elections and made populist promises like giving three acres of land to Dalits, 12 per cent reservation for Muslims, 12 per cent reservation for Dalits and two-bedroom houses for poor. We will fight for implementation of their promises," Reddy said here.
The TRS government has failed to fulfil the promises it made in the nine months since it assumed office, he said.

Highlighting that Congress has equal responsibility as the main opposition in Telangana, Reddy said the party would stand by people and fight for the people's issues.
Thanking the party leadership for entrusting him with the responsibility, Reddy said his immediate priority is to strengthen the organisation as per the goals of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

Promising to take senior leaders and workers along, he announced that new committees would be appointed at different levels.
Reddy, 53, a graduate from the National Defence Academy, Pune, had earlier served as an officer in the IAF.
He flew fighter aircraft like MIG-21 and MIG-23. He also served as ADC and Comptroller to the President of India.

Later, he quit his career in the Armed Forces and joined active politics in 1994.
The new Telangana PCC chief, who represents Huzurnagar in Nalgonda district in the Assembly, is a four-time MLA. His wife Padmavathi is also a legislator.
Meanwhile, MLA M Bhatti Vikramarka has been made the working president for Telangana in the reshuffle.