India, Sept. 3 -- Letters written by Konda Surekha to five top Congress leaders nearly two weeks ago surfaced on Thursday, the same day Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy recommended her removal from the Telangana cabinet, revealing that she had already taken her grievances to the party's national leadership before the public fallout over her daughter's remarks escalated.

The representations, dated August 23 and addressed individually to AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, general secretary KC Venugopal, CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi, and senior leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were not public knowledge until they began circulating on Thursday, coinciding with her dismissal from the Council of Ministers.

In the letters, Surekha...