Trouble is mounting for Congress in Telangana ahead of Assembly election as two of its leaders have resigned, expressing their dissent over the ticket distribution. On Wednesday, 14 November, senior leader Abid Rasool Khan resigned from the party and defected to Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), according to The News Minute.
He wrote a letter to Congress President Rahul Gandhi saying that he was hurt and explained his two reasons for resignation. He was upset with the appointment of Shaik Abdul Sohail as the Chair of the Minorities Commission, a commission that was chaired by Rassol earlier.
He said he was also upset that working presidents from the Reddy, Scheduled Caste (SC), Kamma communites had been appointed but none from the Muslim community. Khan said the Congress should give tickets to Muslims in one constituency each in the 10 old districts of the state where the party has the chance of winning.
"Can they not do that much?" the state Congress vice-president asked in a poser to the party's central leadership.
Under the seat-sharing formula announced by the Congress, the TDP would contest in 14 constituencies, TJS in eight and the CPI in three. The Congress would field nominees in 94 segments.