A political controversy has emerged in Telangana after a serving official from Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s Office (CMO) conducted a training session at the Congress party’s state headquarters, Gandhi Bhavan, in Hyderabad on August 28.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) stated that Malsur, a Group 1 officer currently serving as the Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) to the Chief Minister, attended a key meeting focused on the Congress party’s communication strategy. The meeting included Congress MP and Party Communication In-Charge Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy.
The issue arose after MP Kiran Kumar Reddy shared photographs of the meeting on social media platform In his initial post, the Congress MP wrote, “We discussed key political issues, strategies for handling debates and press meets, and effective ways to develop strong, fact-based content for public communication.” The post was later deleted and re-uploaded without Malsur’s name or pictures.
The revised post read, “Led a great discussion today with senior INC Telangana spokesperson and Gandhi Bhawan PRO Shri Hari Prasad Garu and the media team. We focused on key political strategies, media debate dynamics, and developing strong, fact-based public content. The entire session was excellent and crucial for elevating our communication strategy to effectively present Congress Government’s impactful work.”
Responding to the situation, BRS spokesperson M Krishank questioned the propriety of a government official conducting training at a party office: “Can a Government Official run a training camp in a Party Office? Malsur, Group 1 Officer & currently posted as CPRO of CM Revanth conducted training to Media & Social Media at Gandhi Bhavan. This sets a very bad example.”
Another BRS spokesperson, Putta Vishnuvardhan Reddy, said, “The Chief PRO to the Chief Minister, Revanth Reddy, is reportedly being seen sitting in Gandhi Bhavan, the Congress Party headquarters, and is giving sermons to the Congress Party’s media and social media teams on how to counter the BRS party in debates on social media.”
He added, “We would like to ask a simple question. Is the Chief PRO to the Chief Minister a government employee or a Congress Party functionary? Is he being paid from the taxes paid by the four crore people of Telangana or from the pockets of Revanth Reddy? Since his salary, his allowance, his perks, everything is borne by the state exchequer. This is nothing but a blatant misuse of government machinery.”
The participation of a serving CMO official at Gandhi Bhavan has prompted criticism from the opposition BRS, which questions the appropriateness of Malsur’s involvement in a meeting to the Congress party’s communication strategy.
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