Telangana CM stresses need for strengthening Congress–Left cooperation

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has underlined the need for further strengthening the cooperation between the Congress and the Left parties as the understanding between the two will help in serving the people.

The Chief Minister recalled the role played by the Communists in helping the Congress come to power in the past as well as present and said that the coordination should continue in future too. He was speaking at the anniversary celebrations of Nava Telangana Telugu daily, which is backed by CPI (Marxist), in Hyderabad on Friday (August 1, 2025).

Newspapers worked for forging unity among the people in the struggle for independence. The dailies backed by the Left parties especially strove to create awareness among the people on social evils/stigmas. Only a few newspapers stood by the side of the people and Nava Telangana was one among them. “Political parties of the yesteryears used dailies to spread their ideology,” he recalled.

However, Mr. Reddy expressed concern that newspapers, those launched with political motivation in particular, were working to protect their monetary interests as well as hide the mistakes of the parties promoting them. “People should keenly observe the behaviour of some political dailies which are trying to influence them in the garb of journalism,” he said.

Added to this was the influence of the social media allowing unqualified people to masquerade as journalists. “The time has come when genuine journalists are forced to define the meaning of journalism holding seminars,” he said.

He recalled how senior leaders used to gather information from journalists on relevant subjects in the past before holding press meets. “The situation has changed now as political parties are influencing the content. Conspiracies are being launched to dilute journalism field,” he lamented adding that journalists, like political leaders, were fast losing the confidence of the people.

The time has come to draw a “Lakshman Rekha” to separate genuine journalists from those masquerading as journalists, or else the situation was likely to pose a threat to the nation, he said. Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Advisor to Government Vem Narender Reddy were among present.