The Telugu Desam Party leadership is learnt to have received serious complaints against Rampachodavaram MLA Miriyala Sireesha Devi, who has allegedly been behaving in a high-handed manner towards her own party leaders and threatening them with consequences if they question her authority.
A video showing Sireesha Devi angrily confronting party leaders and workers at a meeting in Addateegala has gone viral on social media, triggering widespread discussion within the TDP’s Rampachodavaram unit.
The meeting was reportedly organised to prepare party cadres for the forthcoming local body elections. During the meeting, the MLA expressed dissatisfaction with the functioning of some local leaders and workers.
Sireesha Devi reportedly questioned the decision of some leaders from the constituency to lodge complaints against her with the party’s higher leadership.
In the video circulating on social media, she is heard warning those who had complained against her and asking party workers to actively participate in organisational programmes.
She also reportedly criticised some leaders for failing to mobilise even 10 people for party programmes and questioned why party workers were not coming forward to put up flexis or make basic arrangements for party events.
The MLA also expressed displeasure over what she described as a tendency among some people to seek positions and recognition without doing sufficient work for the party at the grassroots level.
Tensions reportedly rose further when a person attempted to interrupt her while she was speaking. Sireesha Devi sharply asked him to sit down and not interrupt her, creating a brief tense atmosphere at the meeting.
The episode has brought renewed attention to reports of internal differences within the TDP in the Rampachodavaram constituency.
Some local party leaders are reportedly unhappy with the MLA, alleging that senior workers who had served the party for years were not being given adequate importance.
Some workers have also reportedly expressed the view that the MLA’s remarks were disrespectful towards party cadres.
At the same time, supporters of the MLA have reportedly alleged that some local leaders were working against her and attempting to undermine her position by lodging complaints with the party leadership.
There are also allegations from some local TDP leaders that Sireesha Devi has been giving greater importance to one particular group and maintaining proximity to leaders of the rival YSR Congress Party.
These remain allegations made by local political opponents and have not been independently established.
