Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee

The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (or Telangana PCC) is a state unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the state of Telangana, India.[1]

Telangana Congress Committee
PresidentN. Uttam Kumar Reddy
HeadquartersGandhi Bhavan, Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana
Youth wingTelangana Youth Congress
Women's wingTelangana Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
3 / 17
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 7
Seats in Telangana Legislative Assembly
6 / 119
Seats in Telangana Legislative Council
1 / 40
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History

The first President is Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who was appointed on 11 March 2014, after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.[2] Ponnala Lakshmaiah launched Telangana Congress Website - www.tpcc.org.in[3] recently.[4]

Office Bearers
Name Designation Location Ref.
N. Uttam Kumar ReddyPresidentMalkajgiri, Medchal-Malkajgiri district [5][6]
Mallu Bhatti VikramarkaWorking PresidentMedak district. [6]
Revanth Reddy Working President [6]
Ponnam Prabhakar Goud Working President Karimnagar, Karimnagar [7][6]
Jetti Kusum KumarWorking President [6]
Mohammad AzharuddinWorking President [6]

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[8] 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 lakhs 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 Indian National congress".

Telangana Vileena Dinam

PCC chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah announced on September 17 as the Telangana Vileena Dinam (Telangana combined day).[9] Telangana Congress party leaders celebrated the event in Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad. During his speech he reminded everyone that the dream of separate Telangana state was achieved due to Sonia Gandhi's UPA Government's efforts.

References
  1. "Congress names PCC chiefs for Seemandhra, Telangana - Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. "Ponnala Lakshmaiah is Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Raghuveera APCC president The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. http://www.tpcc.org.in
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Reddy, R. Ravikanth (5 December 2020). "Who after Uttam? New TPCC chief will come only after a month". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. "PRESIDENT OF PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE". Indian National Congress.
  7. "Key post for Ponnam Prabhakar". The Hans India. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  8. http://v6news.tv/telangana-pcc-chief-ponnala-lakshmaiah-about-congress-membership-registrations
  9. http://v6news.tv/pcc-chief-ponnala-announced-september-17th-as-telangana-vileena-dinam


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