Hyderabad, Aug. 28 -- Telangana ministers Seethakka and Konda Surekha tied a rakhi to Chief Minister Revanth Reddy at his residence in Jubilee Hills on the occasion of the Rakhi festival on Friday, August 28.

This marks Konda Surekha's first public appearance alongside the Chief Minister since her daughter Konda Sushmitha Patel's remarks against Revanth Reddy last week sparked a fresh political controversy in the Telangana Congress.

The row began after Revanth Reddy publicly backed sitting Parkal MLA Revuri Prakash Reddy and urged voters to support him in the next election. The Konda camp, which has for months been projecting Sushmitha as a prospective candidate from the constituency, took objection to the remarks. Sushmitha responded b...