'Corrupt Working Committee': Posters put up in Hyderabad during Congress meet, warns 'Beware of Scamgress Scammers'

The reconstituted Congress Working Committee (CWC) is meeting for the first time in Hyderabad on Saturday to finalise the strategy for the upcoming assembly elections in five states. However, at some places in Telangana posters have been put up that reads, “Corrupt Working Committee”. A video shared by PTI shows the poster has images and names of the members of CWC and their alleged involvement in scams. The poster has pictures and names of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Piyanka Gandhi, AK Antony and has mentioned about their alleged involvement in National Herald Scam. The poster has names and photos of a total of 24 senior Congress leaders, almost all the members of CWC, and a line below reads: “Beware of Scamgress Scammers.”

VIDEO | Posters reading 'Corrupt Working Committee' put up in Hyderabad, Telangana ahead of today's Congress Working Committee meeting in the city. pic.twitter.com/Tof9wGYkKy

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Apart from discussion on upcoming polls in Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram, the three-day crucial meet in Hyderabad would also see CWC members working on strategies for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The meeting will be chaired by Kharge. Sharing the details of the CWC meeting, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said, “We have invited 90 people, out of which 84 people will attend.” “Congress president will preside over the CWC meeting. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will be there. Our 4 chief ministers will also attend the meeting,” he said. “We will discuss the upcoming elections of the five states. We will surely form government in five states including Telangana. The meeting is going to be a game changer in Telangana politics. We will launch six guarantees to the people of Telangana and we will fulfil them within a month after coming to power,” Venugopal said at a press conference on Friday. Venugopal further informed that the extended CWC meeting will also be held. Moreover, a public rally will be organised on 17 September. “We invited 159 people and 149 people will attend the extended CWC meeting on 17 September. We will organise a ‘Vijayaberi public meeting’ on the same day. On 18 September, our leaders apart from MPs will go to all Assembly constituencies,” he said. After the rally on the same evening, the Congress president will flag off the cavalcades of CWC members, PCC presidents, CLP leaders and others to 119 Assembly constituencies of Telangana. With inputs from agencies