Palwai Govardhan Reddy, Rajya Sabha member from Telangana region had a bitter experience at Delhi. AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi asked Palwai to come to Delhi to discuss the state of affairs in AP and the meeting was fixed for Thursday evening. When Palwai reached New Delhi in the morning, he got the message from Rahul’s office that his appointment had been cancelled. Instead, Rahul gave the appointment to another Youth Congress leader for talks.

Immediately the reason for cancellation of appointment was not known. However, sources who met Rahul this morning are of the view that Rahul was terribly upset with the media reports which quoted Palwai making comments about the meeting. The Congress MP told the media in Hyderabad on Wednesday that Rahul Gandhi invited him to New Delhi to know the exact reasons for the party's debacle in the recent by-elections and steps to rejuvenate the party at the ground level. Apart from informing him over the demand for change in the leadership issue, he said that he would also apprise Rahul Gandhi about the latest political situation in the State.