PCC chief declares war against 'betrayers'

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, AUG. 1. The APCC president, Mr. M. Satyanarayana Rao, called upon Youth Congress supporters to `confront' senior leaders who had betrayed the party leading to the loss of Warangal and Rangareddi Zilla Parishads to the ruling TDP.

Advising them against beating up these `traitors', the PCC chief said they needed to be taught a fitting lesson because they had brought humiliation to the party and caused him anguish by their behaviour.

Mr. Satyanarayana Rao was launching the membership enrolment drive of the A. P. Youth Congress in Secunderabad on Wednesday as part of a nationwide campaign from August 1 to 30. The IYC observer and pradesh returning officer, Mr. Nilesh Deshmukh, and the APYC chief, Mr. P. Sudhakar Reddy, were also present.

He assured the Youth Congress members of a minimum of 70 per cent representation in the distribution of party tickets for the upcoming Gram Panchayat elections and the MCH polls, as and when they are held. He was making this assurance out of conviction because it was the youth had contributed to the party's good performance in the recent Mandal and Zilla Parishad polls.

The PCC chief said he had, in fact, commended the role played in the polls by the Youth Congress when he called on the AICC president, Ms. Sonia Gandhi, at New Delhi earlier this week. he had also apprised her about the sabotage by some senior leaders during the elections to the Warangal and Rangareddi ZP chairpersons' posts.

As it would take some time for the Congress high command to depute an observer and study his report before initiating action against those who had let down the party, the Youth Congress cadre must teach these ``double-crossers'' a lesson, he added.

Mr. Sudhakar Reddy, who administered a pledge of loyalty to partymen, said the Youth Congress had fixed a target of enrolling 10 lakh members in the State. Mr. Deshmukh said the membership drive in 7.50 lakh polling booths in the country would be followed by organisational elections. Mr. S. Prabhakar, City Youth Congress president, welcomed the gathering.

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