Hyderabad, March 23 -- Telangana PCC President Mahesh Kumar Goud on Monday emphasised the need for greater participation of women and backward classes in strengthening the Congress party, while addressing separate meetings at Gandhi Bhavan.
Participating in the Mahila Congress Executive Committee meeting, he said women are being given top priority in the party and urged leaders to work diligently, adding that leadership positions would come to those who perform effectively.
He also indicated that the party is prepared to allocate more seats to women beyond existing reservation limits, while ensuring that welfare schemes introduced by the government reach every eligible beneficiary.
Meanwhile, Shadnagar MLA Eerlapalli Shankar formally ass...