Amaravati: Congress is now in a situation where it does not have even a single councillor in Andhra Pradesh.
At one time, Andhra was regarded as a stronghold of the Congress party. In 1982, N.T. Rama Rao launched the ‘Telugu Desam’ party and came to power. After this, in united Andhra Pradesh, both Telugu Desam and Congress took turns forming the government.
In this context, continuous protests were held in Andhra Pradesh demanding the formation of the state of Telangana. Telangana emerged as the 29th state of the country on June 2, 2014. Hyderabad was announced to be the joint capital of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for 10 years. After that, Hyderabad would become the permanent capital of Telangana.
Due to the actions of the then Congress government, a situation arose in which Andhra Pradesh had no capital. As a result, Congress completely disappeared in Andhra Pradesh. In the 2024 Assembly elections, Telugu Desam won, and Chandrababu Naidu is serving as Chief Minister.
At present, Jagan Mohan Reddy’s sister, Y.S. Sharmila, is serving as the state president of the Congress party. The Congress, under her leadership, contested the recently held local body elections in Andhra Pradesh.
In this, not a single person from the Congress won. The Congress has no Member of Parliament or Member of the Legislative Assembly in Andhra Pradesh. Now, the situation has arisen that it has no councillor even in the local body elections, and this has become a topic of debate on social media.
