Hyderabad: The poor performance of Congress in the just-concluded bye-elections in Andhra Pradesh has made the party leaders reflect over the reasons behind it.
"They (YSR Congress) carried out a disinformation campaign that welfare schemes (launched when YS Rajasekhara Reddy was Chief Minister) would be removed. We could not convey the truth properly to the people," state minister P Balaraju told reporters here on Sunday.
Senior Congress Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao said the party workers need not be demoralised over the poor results.
He suggested that a strategy meeting should be held to analyse party`s performance and plan for the future.
The party needs to ponder over those who did not help the party`s cause, even though they continued to be party leaders, state Primary Education Minister S Sailajanath said.
State Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana and other leaders met Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders from Telangana region are likely to go to Delhi this month-end to resume their demand over separate state.
In Mahabubnagar district, unsavoury incidents were witnessed at a meeting of Congress workers and leaders today. A war of words broke out between activists loyal to Lok Sabha member Manda Jagannatham and state Information Minister DK Aruna.
PTI
