Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee
President	Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud
Chairman	Revanth Reddy
Founded	11 March 2014
Headquarters	Gandhi Bhavan, Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana
Youth wing	Telangana Youth Congress
Women's wing	Telangana Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Membership	6 million (March 2022)
Ideology	Liberalism (Indian) Secularism Civic nationalism Social Democracy Social Justice
Political position	Centre [4]
ECI Status	A State Unit of Indian National Congress
Alliance	Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in  Lok Sabha	8 / 17
Seats in  Rajya Sabha	4 / 7
Seats in  Telangana Legislative Assembly	75 / 119
Seats in  Telangana Legislative Council	13 / 40
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The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee or (TPCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the state of Telangana, India. ^[5] 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.

List of presidents

S.no	President	Portrait	Term		Duration
1.	Ponnala Lakshmaiah		11 March 2014	2 March 2015	356 days
2.	N. Uttam Kumar Reddy		2 March 2015	7 July 2021 [6]	6 years, 127 days
3.	Anumula Revanth Reddy		7 July 2021	6 September 2024	3 years, 61 days
4.	Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud		6 September 2024 [7]	Incumbent	1 year, 8 days

List of Chief Ministers of Telangana from the Congress Party

Main article: List of chief ministers of Telangana

S.no	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration
1.	Revanth Reddy		7 December 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 281 days

List of AICC Incharges

S.no	Incharge	Portrait	Term
1.	Digvijaya Singh		11 March 2014	1 August 2017	3 years, 143 days
2.	Ramachandra Khuntia		1 August 2017	12 September 2020	3 years, 42 days
3.	Manickam Tagore		12 September 2020	4 January 2023	2 years, 114 days
4.	Manikrao Thakre		5 January 2023	24 December 2023	353 days
5.	Deepa Dasmunsi		24 December 2023	14 February 2025	1 year, 52 days
6.	Meenakshi Natarajan		15 February 2025	Incumbent [8]	211 days

History

The first president of the state unit was Ponnala Lakshmaiah, who was appointed on 11 March 2014, after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. ^[9] 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. ^[10]

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. ^[11]

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. ^[12] This led to political stalwart Revanth Reddy being appointed as state party chief in 2021. ^[13]

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 Revanth Reddy was widely credited for the win. ^[14]

In the 2024 Indian general election, the Congress won the 8 seats with largest 40.10% vote share ^[15]

Electoral history

Telangana Legislative Assembly

Year	Portrait	Floor leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Vote share	Swing	Popular vote	Outcome
2014		Kunduru Jana Reddy	21 / 119	29 [a]	25.0%	8.1 [b]	4,864,808	Opposition
2018		Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka	19 / 119	2	28.43%	3.43	5,883,111	Opposition
2023		Anumula Revanth Reddy	64 / 119	46	39.40%	10.97	9,235,792	Government

Lok Sabha

Year	Portrait	Floor leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Vote share	Swing	Popular vote	Outcome
2014		Mallikarjun Kharge	2 / 17	10 [c]	24.68%	11.86 [d]	4,755,715	Opposition
2019		Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	3 / 17	1	29.79%	5.11	5,496,686	Opposition
2024		Rahul Gandhi	8 / 17	5	40.10%	10.31%	8,74,1263	Opposition

Office Bearers

Name	Designation	Location	Ref.
Meenakshi Natarajan	AICC Incharge	Telangana
Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud	President	Nizamabad 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 District
Mallu Ravi	Disciplinary committee chairman	Nagar Kurnool District	[16] [17]

District Congress Committee presidents

Sr.no.	Presidents	DCC
1	Shri Sajid Khan	Adilabad
2	Shri Podem Veeraiah	Bhadradri Kothagudem
3	Shri N. Rajender Reddy	Hanamkonda
4	Shri A. Laxman Kumar	Jagtial
5	Shri Patel Prabhakar Reddy	Jogulamba Gadwal
6	Shri Kailas Srinivas Rao	Kamareddy
7	Shri Dr. K. Satyanarayana	Karimnagar
8	Shri Dr. C. Rohin Reddy	Khairatabad
9	Shri J. Bharat Chandra Reddy	Mahabubabad
10	Shri G. Madhusudhan Reddy	Mahabubnagar
11	Smt. K. Surekha	Mancherial
12	Shri T. Tirupathi Reddy	Medak
13	Shri Nandikanti Sridhar	MedchalMalkajgiri
14	Shri N. Kumara Swamy	Mulugu
15	Shri Dr. C. Vamshi Krishna	Nagarkurnool
16	Shri T. Shankar Naik	Nalgonda
17	Shri Srihari Mudiraj	Narayanpet
18	Shri Prabhakar Reddy	Nirmal
19	Shri Manala Mohan Reddy	Nizamabad
20	Shri M.S. Raj Thakur	Peddapalli
21	Shri T. Narsa Reddy	Siddipet
22	Shri T. Ramohan Reddy	Vicarabad
23	Shri M. Rajender Prasad Yadav	Wanaparthi
24	Shri K. Anil Kumar Reddy	Yadadri Bhuvanagiri
25	Shri Aadi Srinivas	Rajanna Sircilla
26	Shri Waliullah Sameer	Hyderabad

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 ^[18] 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). ^[19] 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.

References

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16. "Saritha Tirupathayya Felicitates Mallu Ravi on Appointment as TPCC Disciplinary Committee Chairman". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
17. @hydnewshunt (1 June 2025). "Congress MP Dr Mallu Ravi, who arrived in Hyderabad from Delhi after being appointed as the chairman of the TPCC Disciplinary Committee, was accorded a grand welcome at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad on Sunday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
18. "Latest Telugu News, తెలుగు వార్తలు, News in Telugu, తెలుగులో వార్తలు, Telugu News Live". October 2022.
19. "Latest Telugu News, తెలుగు వార్తలు, News in Telugu, తెలుగులో వార్తలు, Telugu News Live". October 2022.

External links

• Official website

Notes

1. Compared to 2009 Legislative Assembly election results in the Telangana region only
2. Compared to 2009 Legislative Assembly election results in the Telangana region only
3. Compared to 2009 Indian general election results in the Telangana region only
4. Compared to 2009 Indian general election results in the Telangana region only