Danam Nagender, president of Greater Hyderabad unit of Congress, who called the shots in the city and its surrounding areas till the party was defeated in 2014 general elections, has resigned from the post “owning moral responsibility for the party’s dismal performance in the GHMC elections”.
He announced his decision to quit as the city Congress chief on Saturday stating that “somebody has to take the responsibility.”
He said he was sending his resignation letter to Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and AICC in-charge of party affairs in the State Digvijaya Singh.
“Although the Congress high command did not give me the total responsibility of the party for GHMC elections, I have put in hard work for party candidates’ success. But, expected results did not come as the people did not believe in our party,” Mr. Nagender said adding that there might be many reasons, including groupism and bickering, for the worst-ever defeat.
“People believed in TRS and gave it the biggest mandate,” he said.
He assured that the Congress would now play the role of a constructive opposition in reminding TRS of its pre-poll promises.
