New AICC state in-charge faces tough task of curbing internal strife

A bouquet of challenges awaits the arrival of the newly appointed AICC in-charge for Telangana, Meenakshi Natarajan.

- IREDDY SRINIVAS REDDY @Hyderabad

Her immediate task would be to set the house in order, as the party appears to be torn apart by forces operating in opposite directions. The never-ending squabbles among leaders in about 25 Assembly segments will test her experience in troubleshooting.

Though internal dissension remained under the surface for quite a long time, it recently came out in the open when MLAs expressed their ire at one of the ministers.

Senior leaders, including Disciplinary Committee chairman G Chinna Reddy, TPCC working president Anjan Kumar Yadav, MLC Teenmar Mallanna, and others, keep making comments against the party leadership in the state, as they have their own axes to grind. Their intemperate remarks are causing damage to the party, but there is no one to rein them in.

Then, the selection of candidates for the election of five MLCs under the MLA quota will further test her fiber.