Governor signs off, Congress drops its own minister
Konda Surekha has been removed from Telangana’s Council of Ministers with immediate effect. The official communication gives no reason; the Congress explanation is doing its usual work in the background.
The removal order records the decision; the reason remains undisclosed.
Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla has approved Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s recommendation to remove Konda Surekha from Telangana’s Council of Ministers with immediate effect, according to a Lok Bhavan communication quoted by multiple reports.
The communication records the decision but gives no reason. Reports link it to a Congress disciplinary dispute following remarks attributed to Surekha’s daughter, Konda Sushmitha Patel. That explanation remains reported rather than established by the removal communication itself.
Surekha has said she committed no wrongdoing, that her adult daughter’s views should not be attributed to her, and that she had not made statements against the Chief Minister. She has also alleged that Revanth Reddy insisted on her removal and that she was politically and administratively marginalised. The Chief Minister’s Office and the Telangana Congress have not publicly answered those allegations in the material reviewed.
The official order, the Chief Minister’s recommendation and any written disciplinary finding were not available at the URLs reviewed. For now, the record is simple: the Governor approved the removal. The reason remains elsewhere, apparently enjoying cabinet-level secrecy.