Hyderabad, Feb. 17 -- Senior Congress leader and former minister T Jeevan Reddy on Monday, February 16, made strong remarks against the party leadership, alleging that loyal party workers had been ignored in favour of a "political migrant", in the context of Jagtial municipal corporation chairpersonship.

Addressing a press conference in Jagtial, Jeevan Reddy said he had remained committed to the Congress from the beginning and had even taken his supporters - including those elected as Congress candidates and Independents - to Praja Bhavan to demonstrate their strength and loyalty.

He said he had urged the leadership to appoint someone who had worked for the party consistently, but the post was instead given to a councillor belonging to ...