Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee

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The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (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 Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud. The committee has a long history of political influence in the united Andhra Pradesh state, however, it has however, it has historically faced challenges, including fluctuations in electoral support. However, following significant efforts in 2023, the TPCC regained political power in Telangana. With the INC in government in Telangana since December 2023 after the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, the committee is actively involved in governance and party affairs. And also TPCC has its frontal organisations like ST CELL,SC CELL, MINORITY CELL and BC CELL these are headed by their respective chairpersons in the supervision of TPCC President.

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Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentBomma Mahesh Kumar Goud
ChairmanAnumula Revanth Reddy
(Chief Minister)
Founded11 March 2014
Split fromAndhra Pradesh Congress Committee
HeadquartersGandhi Bhavan, Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana
Youth wingTelangana Youth Congress
Women's wingTelangana Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Membership6 million (March 2022)
Ideology
Political positionCentre[4]
ECI statusA State Unit of Indian National Congress
AllianceIndian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Rajya Sabha
4 / 7
Seats in Lok Sabha
8 / 17
Seats in Telangana Legislative Council
13 / 40
Seats in Telangana Legislative Assembly
76 / 119
Election symbol
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List of presidents

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S.no President Portrait Term Duration
1. Ponnala Lakshmaiah 11 March 2014 2 March 2015 356 days
2. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy 2 March 2015 7 July 2021[6] 6 years, 127 days
3. Anumula Revanth Reddy 7 July 2021 6 September 2024 3 years, 61 days
4. Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud 6 September 2024[7] Incumbent 1 year, 332 days
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List of Chief Ministers of Telangana from the Indian National Congress

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S.no Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration
1. Anumula Revanth Reddy
7 December 2023 Incumbent 2 years, 240 days
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List of AICC Incharges

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S.no Incharge Portrait Term
1. Digvijaya Singh 11 March 2014 1 August 2017 3 years, 143 days
2. Ramachandra Khuntia 1 August 2017 12 September 2020 3 years, 42 days
3. Manickam Tagore 12 September 2020 4 January 2023 2 years, 114 days
4. Manikrao Thakre 5 January 2023 24 December 2023 353 days
5. Deepa Dasmunsi 24 December 2023 14 February 2025 1 year, 52 days
6. Meenakshi Natarajan 15 February 2025 Incumbent
[8]
1 year, 170 days
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History

The first president of the state unit was Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who was appointed on 11 March 2014, after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.[9] Two 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 around two-thirds of its vote in the united state, compared to 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.[10]

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.[11]

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.[12] This led to political stalwart Revanth Reddy being appointed as state party chief in 2021.[13]

In the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, the Congress won the state for the first time. It rode on a wave of anti-incumbency and rural dissatisfaction. PCC Chief Anumula Revanth Reddy was widely credited for the win.[14]

In the 2024 Indian general election, the Congress won the 8 seats with largest 40.10% vote share[15]

Electoral history

Telangana Legislative Assembly

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Year Portrait Floor leader Seats won Change
in seats
Vote share Swing Popular vote Outcome
2014 Kunduru Jana Reddy
21 / 119
Decrease 29[a] 25.0% Decrease 8.1[b] 4,864,808 Opposition
2018 Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
19 / 119
Decrease 2 28.43% Increase 3.43 5,883,111 Opposition
2023 Anumula Revanth Reddy
64 / 119
Increase 46 39.40% Increase 10.97 9,235,792 Government
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Telangana Congress Legislative Assembly seat count

Lok Sabha

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Year Portrait Floor leader Seats won Change
in seats
Vote share Swing Popular vote Outcome
2014 Mallikarjun Kharge
2 / 17
Decrease 10[c] 24.68% Decrease 11.86[d] 4,755,715 Opposition
2019 Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
3 / 17
Increase 1 29.79% Increase 5.11 5,496,686 Opposition
2024 Rahul Gandhi
8 / 17
Increase 5 40.10% Increase 10.31% 8,74,1263 Opposition
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Office Bearers

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Name Designation Location Ref.
Meenakshi NatarajanAICC InchargeTelangana
Bomma Mahesh Kumar GoudPresidentNizamabad District
Mohammad AzharuddinWorking PresidentHyderabad District
J. Geeta ReddyWorking PresidentHyderabad District
Anjan Kumar YadavWorking PresidentHyderabad district
Jagga ReddyWorking PresidentSangareddy district
Sambani ChandrashekarSenior Vice PresidentKhammam district
Zafar JaveedSenior Vice PresidentHyderabad District
Gopishetty NiranjanSenior Vice PresidentHyderabad District
Ramesh MaharajSenior Vice PresidentVikrabad District
Komatireddy Venkat Reddy Star Campaigner Nalgonda District
Mallu Ravi Disciplinary committee chairman Nagar Kurnool District [16][17]
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District Congress Committee presidents

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Sr.no.PresidentsDCC
1Dr Naresh JadhavAdilabad
2Smt. Athram SugunaAsifabad
3Smt. Thota Devi PrasannaBadradri Kothagudam
4Shri Beerla IlaiahBhongir
5Shri M. Rajeev ReddyGadwal
6Shri Engala Venkat Ram ReddyHanmakonda
7Shri Syed Khalid SaifullahHyderabad
8Shri Gajengi NandaiahJagitial
9Smt. Lakavath DhanvanthiJangaon
10Shri Battu KarunakarJayashankar Bhupalpalle
11Shri Mallikarjun AleKamareddy
12Shri Medipally SathyamKarimnagar
13Shri V Anjan KumarKarimnagar Corporation
14Shri Motha Rohit MudirajKhairatabad
15Shri Nuthi SatyanarayanaKhammam
16Shri Deepak ChowdharyKhammam Corporation
17Dr. Bhukhya UmaMahbubabad
18Shri A Sanjeev MudirajMahbubnagar
19Shri Pinninti Raghunath ReddyMancherial
20Shri Shivannagari Anjaneyulu GoudMedak
21Shri Thotakura Vajresh YadavMedchal Malkajgiri
22Shri Paidakula AshokMulugu
23Dr. Chikkudu Vamshi KrishnaNagarkurnool
24Shri Punna Kailash NethaNalgonda
25Shri Kollukuduru Prashanth Kumar ReddyNarayanpet
26Shri Vedma BhojjuNirmal
27Shri Katpally Nagesh ReddyNizamabad
28Shri Bobblili RamakrishnaNizamabad Corporation
29Shri MS Raj ThakurPeddapalli
30Shri Sangeetham SrinivasRajanna Sircilla
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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[18] 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).[19] 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.

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