Madhu Yaskhi blames Ponnala for defeat

Hyderabad, May 17 : Less than 24 hours after the declaration of results, the Telangana Congress leaders have begun the blame game.

Speaking to media persons here, former Nizamabad MP Madhu Yaskhi Goud alleged that Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ponnala Lakshmaiah was primarily responsible for the party’s debacle in the region. He said that the Congress party did not carry out organised or centralised campaign in the region. Since all the top leaders were contesting the elections, they confined themselves to their own constituencies. He alleged that there was no coordination between the top leaders with the local cadre which damaged the party’s prospects.

Madhu Yaskhi said that the Congress needs to do a serious introspection of what went wrong in the elections and take corrective steps. However, said Ponnala should own the responsibility of party’s defeat in Telangana.      INN