Hyderabad, Aug. 20 -- The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee's Disciplinary Committee has issued a notice to Endowments and Forest Minister Konda Surekha, asking her to explain remarks made by her daughter Konda Sushmita Patel against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Parkal MLA Revuri Prakash Reddy. Committee chairman and Congress MP Mallu Ravi has given Surekha three days to respond, deepening a rift that has been building within the ruling party over the Parkal Assembly seat.

The dispute traces back to a recent visit by Revanth Reddy to Parkal in Warangal district, where he publicly backed sitting MLA Revuri Prakash Reddy to contest again and asked voters to support him. The remark unsettled the Konda camp, which has for months bee...