Telangana’s Endowment and Forest Minister Konda Surekha met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday, days after the police search for her sacked OSD on the allegations of extortion had kicked up a storm in the ruling Congress.

Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Mahesh Kumar Goud took Surekha and her husband Konda Murali to the Chief Minister’s residence in an attempt to defuse the tension caused by the arrival of a police team at the minister’s house in search of OSD N. Sumanth and the outbursts by the minister’s daughter Sushmita against the Chief Minister and some senior leaders.

The Deputy CM and state Congress chief took Surekha and her husband to the Chief Minister’s residence for Diwali greetings.

AICC had take

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