Hyderabad, Dec 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tollywood actor Allu Arjun's father-in-law Kancharla Chandrasekhar Reddy on Monday called on AICC in-charge for Telangana Deepa Dasmunsi. The meeting at Congress party's Telangana headquarters Gandhi Bhavan here comes amid a raging row involving the actor following the December 4 stampede at a theatre in Hyderabad during the premier show of 'Pushpa 2: The Rule'. Chandrasekhar Reddy left Gandhi Bhavan after meeting Dasmunshi amid reports in a section of media that Allu Arjun's father-in-law faced humiliation as he did not get an audience with the AICC in-charge.

The Congress-led United Democratic Front returned to power in Kerala on May 4 after a decade of Left rule. However, the party has so far failed to select a candidate for the state's chief minister. Several Congress leaders, including opposition Kerala Assembly leader V D Sathisan, state AICC in-charge Deepa Dasmunsi, senior leader Ramesh Chennithala, KC Venugopal and state unit president Sunny Joseph, met party president Mallikarjun Kharge and top leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Saturday. (File image/ANI) While the suspense continues, several party leaders headed to the national capital to discuss and choose the new leadership of Kerala, even as most of them remained tight-lipped on who could take up the position.

Kerala MLA Rahul Mamkootathil Thiruvananthapuram: Congress, already on the defensive after the survivor lodged a formal complaint against the MLA, moved swiftly Thursday, expelling Mamkootathil from the party’s primary membership within minutes of the court order. AICC had reportedly cleared the action soon after KPCC president Sunny Joseph received a rape complaint from another woman on Tuesday.Earlier, AICC general secretary in charge of Kerala, Deepa Dasmunsi, reportedly told the Congress brass strong action was unavoidable as the allegations had severely damaged the party’s image, especially ahead of assembly polls next year.