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Jolt to Telangana Congress as senior leader Nagender quits

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Jolt to Telangana Congress as senior leader Nagender quits

In a setback to the opposition Congress in Telangana, senior leader and former minister D. Nagender on Friday resigned from the party.

A key leader of the party in Hyderabad, Nagender dashed off a letter to party President Rahul Gandhi outlining the reasons for his decision.

Soon after Nagender’s announcement, state Congress chief Uttam Kumar Reddy rushed to his residence to persuade him to withdraw his resignation. The former minister, however, stood by his decision.

Nagender, who had been staying away from the party activities for some time, said he would address a news conference on Saturday to spell out the reasons for his decision.

According to party sources, he was unhappy over not being assigned a key position in the party. He was reportedly expecting the post of working president.

Nagender, a former president of party in Greater Hyderabad, was also not happy with the manner in which the leadership named Anjan Kumar Yadav as the new head of the party in the state capital without consulting him.

Known for his organisational skills, Nagender had been one of the powerful leaders of the party in Hyderabad. A four-time member of the Assembly of undivided Andhra Pradesh, he served as a minister between 2009 and 2014.

Nagender, who was briefly with Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 2004 before returning to the Congress, is now likely to join the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

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Mayor Post: TRS Bait to Danam

Jinka Nagaraju
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Mayor Post: TRS Bait to Danam

Is Greater Hyderabad’s Congress strongman  Danam Nagender going to be the next target of TRS.

As GHMC is heading for elections in December Telangana Rashtra Samiti is said to be wooing the president of Greater Hderabad Congress to switch sides.

Danam, labor minister in the previous Congress government, though defeated in 2014, is an influential leader in local politics. Even though we was appointed a minister by YSR, he never grew beyond the constituency in city. So, the TRS, which is on weak wicket in GHMC, thinks, Danam, will fill vacuum in TRS with regard to leadership in GHMC.

The TRS has genuine doubts about emerging victor in GHMC election despite its government in the state.  Congress sources told telug360.com that Danam was being offered the post of mayor of GHMC.  The Congress leader is out of country to comment on the latest round of speculation. Because, there was an intense speculation about his possible switch over to TRS in August 2014 as well. But, it did not happen.

A typical Congress politician, Danam did leave Congress, when he was denied party ticket in 2004. He joined TDP, contested the election and won from Asif Nagar. But, in no time, he  resigned from TDP, quit Assembly to rejoin Congress and return to Assembly. But, those were the days of YSR. Now, Congress is in a shambles. TRS bait looks too tempting given the bleak future for Congress.

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