Congress has issued a show cause notice to its Telangana MP, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, over a voice recording in which he allegedly sought support for his brother, who is contesting the Munugode Assembly bypoll as the BJP candidate.
AICC General Secretary Tariq Anwar has sought a reply from Reddy within 10 days as to why disciplinary action should not be taken against him as per the provisions of the party Constitution. "Manickam Tagore, MP, in-charge Telangana, has brought to the notice of the Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) that a voice recording is being heard with you insisting on Jabbar Bhai, a Congress leader to support the BJP candidate for the Munugode Assembly byelection on the 3rd November, 2022 who happens to be your sibling against the Congress candidate Palvai Sravanthi," Anwar said in the notice that was shared with the media here on Sunday.
The voice recording has gone viral on social media and prominent electronic and print media as well, said Anwar, Member Secretary of DAC, adding, "prima facie, it is an act of breach of party discipline." The bypoll in Munugode has been necessitated as sitting Congress MLA Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy, younger brother of Venkat Reddy, had quit and joined the BJP.