Congress MLA K Lakshma Reddy, on Saturday, stated that the Congress had suffered a defeat in the Telangana by-elections as the Centre had failed to announce a decision on Telangana statehood.
Talking to media persons at the Congress Legislature Party Office, Lakshma Reddy said that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana could not be held responsible for the debacle.
He condemned the senior leaders' demand for Kiran Kumar Reddy and Botsa Satyanarayana's resignations, for the defeat of the party in the by-polls.
Lakshma Reddy said that all first-time MLAs would support the leadership of Kiran Kumar Reddy, as well as his welfare schemes and development programs.
He said that first-time MLAs would make efforts to mount pressure on the Congress High Command to achieve a separate Telangana state. He hoped that the high Command would take a favourable decision on Telangana in order to revive party's position in the region. (INN)
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