MLAs from Madiga community meet Meenakshi Natarajan, make fresh demand for Cabinet berths
Several Congress MLAs, including a group of MLAs from the Madiga community, called on AICC Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan in Hyderabad on Wednesday (May 28, 2025), stressing the need to provide them with berths in the Cabinet in the upcoming expansion.
In a memorandum submitted to her, they underscored the community's strong support for the Congress, both historically and in the recent Telangana Assembly elections.
'We have submitted a request to give our community a chance in the Cabinet,' Manakondur MLA K. Satyanarayana said, adding that they would go to Delhi on Thursday and meet the AICC president to press their demand. The MLAs claimed that the Madiga community, which has a large population among SCs, deserves representation in the Cabinet.
'We demand that Madigas be given ministerial posts,' said Dharmapuri MLA and Government Whip Adluri Laxman. 'Rahul Gandhi said that the share should be given according to the population, and we want a place in the Cabinet for our people.'
Meanwhile, Chennur MLA G. Vivek, Mancherial MLA K. Premsagar Rao, and Ramagundam MLA Makkan Singh Thakur from Peddapalli Lok Sabha constituency also met Ms. Natarajan claiming to be worthy of the role due to their background and contributions to the party.
Ramagundam MLA Raj Thakur said, 'I am the most backward caste MLA and have done a lot of work for the party since my NSUI days. I have also submitted a petition to the Chief Ministet requesting a ministerial position and also asked for the post of party working president.'
While party leaders from Adilabad, Peddapalli, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Medak, and Malkajgiri parliamentary constituencies were scheduled to meet the AICC in-charge for the State, Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha and TPCC working president T Jagga Reddy from Medak have called on Meenakshi.
Interacting with media, Mr. Jagga Reddy said that Ms. Natarajan was on a 'doctor duty' to find out the problems faced by party leaders and resolve them. 'If there are any problems, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, PCC chief Mahesh Goud, and Ms. Natarajan will resolve them.' he added.
Later in the night, Ms. Natarajan and other Congress leaders met Mr. Revanth Reddy.
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