SC, ST Welfare Minister Adluri Laxman raised objections to alleged derogatory remarks by BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, calling for a public apology. He has written to party leaders and plans to meet top Congress figures amid election season tensions.

Hyderabad: With the local body elections and the Jubilee Hills byelection approaching, infighting within the Congress came to the surface after SC, ST and Minorities Welfare Minister Adluri Laxman strongly objected to comments made against him by BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar.

Laxman also took exception to Labour Minister G Vivek Venkatswamy for, as he put it, “snubbing the issue” and maintaining a strategic silence. Members of the SC–Madiga community have taken serious note of Ponnam Prabhakar’s remarks and are demanding a p

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