G. Kishan Reddy appointed Telangana BJP president amid reshuffle forward of Meeting election
Reddy replaces Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who had antagonised a bit of social gathering leaders along with his method.
After weeks of infighting and hypothesis concerning a management change within the BJP in Telangana, the social gathering on July 4 appointed G. Kishan Reddy as the brand new State chief. The reshuffle comes forward of the Meeting election within the State later this yr.
Kishan Reddy replaces Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who served as Telangana’s social gathering president for over three years. Bandi Sanjay’s removing was imminent, given a bit of dissenting BJP leaders’ dissatisfaction along with his method and feeling “sidelined” throughout the social gathering. Kishan Reddy is now liable for pulling collectively the fractured BJP Telangana unit.
Kishan Reddy at the moment holds the portfolio of Union Minister for Tourism, Tradition, and Growth of the North-Japanese Area. He beforehand served because the social gathering president for 4 years in undivided Andhra Pradesh and two years in Telangana after the State’s formation.
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The BJP has additionally given new duty to Eatala Rajender, its Huzurabad MLA and one of many leaders who reportedly gave the central command an ultimatum concerning the management disaster. He’ll now head the Telangana BJP’s Election Administration Committee. The appointment is certain to cut back the discontent, at the very least inside Rajender’s camp. Beforehand, he led a “becoming a member of committee” for the BJP with out a lot success.
Rajender instructed mediapersons that he was dedicated to working as a karyakarta and that he understood the issues of the folks of Telangana and Chief Minister Okay. Chandrashekar Rao’s strengths and weaknesses.
The Andhra Pradesh BJP management has additionally undergone a change. Daggubati Purandeswari is the brand new State social gathering president, changing Somu Veerraju, who was criticised for his lack of ability to maintain the social gathering collectively. Purandeswari is the daughter of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP founder N.T. Rama Rao. She was a Congress loyalist till Telangana was shaped in 2014, after which she joined the BJP.
