Revanth to adopt YSR’s grassroots engagement model to plug gap between Telangana Govt, people and party
S. Rajasekhara Reddy interacting with a delegation of beedi workers from Karimnagar district, at his camp office, in Hyderabad on November 29, 2006.
| Photo Credit: Sivakumar PV
Reminding the governance of late Congress Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in the early 2000s, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and all his Cabinet colleagues will spend a day for the party work now onwards, keeping aside the government engagements, as a part of the revival of structured interactions between the leadership and grassroots cadre.Congress workers now believe the party should adopt a model similar to that of former Chief Minister of erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh and Congress stalwart Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), who was known for dedicating a fixed portion of his day to meeting party workers and members of the public.Senior party leaders recalled that Rajasekhara Reddy would regularly set aside time in the morning to hear representations from party workers, elected representatives, journalists and citizens. The practice enabled grassroots issues from villages, mandals, and constituencies to reach the highest levels of government and party leadership.
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