Unhappy in Madiga, prominent Telangana Congress members issue an SOS to Delhi

Leaders of the Madiga community are furious with the Congress high command for selecting candidates for the next Lok Sabha elections because they feel the party has favored the Mala group.

Their grievance stems from the fact that tickets for three reserved Lok Sabha seats—Peddapalli, Nagarkurnool, and Warangal—were given to leaders of the non-Madiga community. The Congress has worked hard in past elections to ensure that tickets were distributed fairly across socioeconomic groups, but the results of this vote have angered Madiga leaders. The majority of Madiga leaders believe that their political power may diminish as a result of underrepresentation.

The Madiga community’s unhappiness is best shown by the former minister Mothkupalli Narasimhulu, who staged a one-day hunger strike to draw attention to the depth of the community’s discontent. It is believed that the fact that prominent Madiga officials, such as V Hanumantha Rao and Sarve Satyanarayana, endorsed Narasimhulu, indicates that the party’s discord was caused by their disregard for ticket allocation.

Moreover, the Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has come under fire for allegedly prioritizing the Mala group, according to comments from MRPS president Manda Krishna Madiga. The BJP is cornering the Congress by not announcing the sub-categorization of Scheduled Castes (SCs).

It should be noted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed support for the subclassification of Scheduled Castes and Tribes. The BJP then anticipates the Madiga community’s support in the next elections.

The Madiga community’s potential to lean BJP might be a concern for the Congress going forward, and this could show up in the elections.

Fearing for their lives, the leaders of the grand old party are said to have issued an SOS to the high command, requesting that they intervene and lessen the harm by attending to the concerns voiced by the Madiga leaders.