Veteran Congress leader T Jeevan Reddy launched an attack on the party leadership in Telangana for allegedly rewarding defectors from BRS while sidelining long-time loyalists. Reddy’s outburst was directed at Jagtial MLA M Sanjay Kumar, a BRS defector who crossed over to Congress in June 2024. However, Telangana Congress President B Mahesh Kumar Goud sought to play down the incident.