Top Congress leaders skip party’s Minorities Convention

Hyderabad, Jan 4 : The Minorities Cell of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee appears to have lost its clout within the party.

Many top leaders skipped the party’s fourth convention held at party’s headquarters Gandhi Bhavan. Those who abstained from the inaugural ceremony include Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, PCC President Botsa Satyanarayana, Minorities Welfare Minister SM Ahmadullah, Minorities Commission Chairman Abid Rasool Khan, former minister and PCC Vice-President Mohammad Ali Shabbir.

Although the Minorities Cell leaders maintained that these leaders would participate in the function anytime during the day, but their absence during the inaugural ceremony clearly indicated the lack of importance given to the party’s Minorities Cell. INN