The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (Telangana PCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the state of Telangana, India. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. The current president of the Telangana PCC is Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud. The committee has a long history of political influence in the united Andhra Pradesh state, however, it has however, it has historically faced challenges, including fluctuations in electoral support. However, following significant efforts in 2023, the TPCC regained political power in Telangana. With the INC in government in Telangana since December 2023 after the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, the committee is actively involved in governance and party affairs. And also TPCC has its frontal organisations like ST CELL,SC CELL, MINORITY CELL and BC CELL these are headed by their respective chairpersons in the supervision of TPCC President.
List of presidents S.no President Portrait Term Duration1. Ponnala Lakshmaiah 11 March 2014 2 March 20152. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy 2 March 2015 7 July 20213. Anumula Revanth Reddy 7 July 2021 6 September 20244.Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud 6 September 2024 Incumbent
List of Chief Ministers of Telangana from the Indian National Congress
S.no Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration1.Anumula Revanth Reddy 7 December 2023Incumbent
List of AICC Incharges S.no Incharge Portrait Term1.Digvijaya Singh11 March 20141 August 20172.Ramachandra Khuntia1 August 201712 September 20203.Manickam Tagore12 September 20204 January 20234.Manikrao Thakre5 January 202324 December 20235.Deepa Dasmunsi24 December 202314 February 20256.Meenakshi Natarajan15 February 2025Incumbent
History The first president of the state unit was Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who was appointed on 11 March 2014, after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. Two months after Lakshmaiah got appointed, the Congress suffered a disastrous defeat in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, in which it got 0 out of the 175 seats in the Coastal Andhra and Rayalseema regions whereas in Telangana it managed to muster a measly 21 out of the 119 seats. The party lost around two-thirds of its vote in the united state, compared to 2009. K. Chandrashekhar Rao (known popularly as KCR) of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi stormed to power, riding on a wave of support due to finally achieving Telangana's independence, after years of protests and hunger strikes. The Congress then got routed in the GHMC elections, getting only 2 seats in the 150-member civic body, a far cry from its tally of 54 earlier.
In the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly elections, Congress forged an alliance with the Telangana Jana Samithi, the Telugu Desam Party, and the Communist Party of India. Once arch-rivals, these parties came together with the common goal of unseating the TRS and KCR. This alliance was known as the "Praja Kutami" or People's Alliance. The alliance won only 21 seats in the elections out of which the Congress got 19. The alliance in total got about 33% of the vote. The TRS was able to increase its majority from 63 to 88 seats.
In the 2020 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections, the Congress only got 2 seats, following which state president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy resigned from his position as TPCC president, although continued as its president until the party found a new president for the state unit. This led to political stalwart Revanth Reddy being appointed as state party chief in 2021.
In the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, the Congress won the state for the first time. It rode on a wave of anti-incumbency and rural dissatisfaction. PCC Chief Anumula Revanth Reddy was widely credited for the win.
In the 2024 Indian general election, the Congress won the 8 seats with largest 40.10% vote share
Electoral history Telangana Legislative Assembly Year Portrait Floor leader Seats won Changein seats Vote share Swing Popular vote Outcome2014 Kunduru Jana Reddy 2925.0% 8.14,864,8082018 Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka 228.43% 3.435,883,1112023 Anumula Revanth Reddy 4639.40% 10.979,235,792
Lok Sabha Year Portrait Floor leader Seats won Changein seats Vote share Swing Popular vote Outcome2014 Mallikarjun Kharge 1024.68% 11.864,755,7152019Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury 129.79% 5.115,496,6862024 Rahul Gandhi 540.10% 10.31%8,74,1263
Office Bearers
Name Designation Location Meenakshi Natarajan AICC Incharge Telangana Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud PresidentNizamabad District Mohammad Azharuddin Working President Hyderabad District J. Geeta Reddy Working President Hyderabad District Anjan Kumar Yadav Working President Hyderabad district Jagga Reddy Working President Sangareddy district Sambani Chandrashekar Senior Vice President Khammam district Zafar Javeed Senior Vice President Hyderabad District Gopishetty Niranjan Senior Vice President Hyderabad District Ramesh Maharaj Senior Vice President Vikrabad DistrictKomatireddy Venkat ReddyStar CampaignerNalgonda DistrictMallu RaviDisciplinary committee chairmanNagar Kurnool District
District Congress Committee presidents Sr.no. Presidents DCC1 Dr Naresh Jadhav Adilabad2 Smt. Athram Suguna Asifabad3 Smt. Thota Devi Prasanna Badradri Kothagudam 4 Shri Beerla Ilaiah Bhongir5 Shri M. Rajeev Reddy Gadwal6 Shri Engala Venkat Ram Reddy Hanmakonda7 Shri Syed Khalid Saifullah Hyderabad 8 Shri Gajengi Nandaiah Jagitial9 Smt. Lakavath Dhanvanthi Jangaon10 Shri Battu Karunakar Jayashankar Bhupalpalle11 Shri Mallikarjun Ale Kamareddy12 Shri Medipally Sathyam Karimnagar13 Shri V Anjan Kumar Karimnagar Corporation 14 Shri Motha Rohit Mudiraj Khairatabad 15 Shri Nuthi Satyanarayana Khammam16 Shri Deepak Chowdhary Khammam Corporation 17 Dr. Bhukhya UmaMahbubabad18 Shri A Sanjeev Mudiraj Mahbubnagar19 Shri Pinninti Raghunath Reddy Mancherial20 Shri Shivannagari Anjaneyulu Goud Medak21 Shri Thotakura Vajresh Yadav Medchal Malkajgiri22 Shri Paidakula Ashok Mulugu23 Dr. Chikkudu Vamshi Krishna Nagarkurnool24 Shri Punna Kailash Netha Nalgonda25 Shri Kollukuduru Prashanth Kumar Reddy Narayanpet26 Shri Vedma Bhojju Nirmal27 Shri Katpally Nagesh Reddy Nizamabad28 Shri Bobblili Ramakrishna Nizamabad Corporation 29 Shri MS Raj Thakur Peddapalli30 Shri Sangeetham Srinivas Rajanna Sircilla
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 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 lakh 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 the Indian National Congress".
Telangana Vileena Dinam PCC chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah announced on 17 September as the Telangana Vileena Dinam (Telangana combined day). Telangana Congress party leaders celebrated the event in Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad. During his speech, he reminded everyone that the dream of a separate Telangana state was achieved due to Sonia Gandhi's UPA Government's efforts.
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