Hyderabad, October 4 : Three Congress MLCs from Telangana region on Thursday demanded that the Congress High Command take action against the MPs who staged dharna before the camp office of Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy during Telangana March on September 30.
Addressing a joint press conference at Assembly's media point, MLCs Farooq Hussain, Rajeshwar Rao and P Padamavathi described the dharna staged by MPs before the CM's camp office was a political stunt. They said that the MPs could have easily got Chief Minister's appointment to present their point of view. However, they said the MPs deliberately created a scene to catch the media's attention and got arrested.
Alleging that the MPs were directly damaging the party's image in the region, the Congress MLCs said that instead of holding protest before the CM's office, the members of Parliament should lobby in Delhi to achieve statehood for Telangana region. They said Kiran Kumar Reddy was picked by Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the Chief Minister's post and therefore, targeting him was nothing but challenging the authority of Sonia Gandhi.
Asking the T-Congress MPs not to cross the limits, the MLCs said that the MPs should focus on solving the Telangana issue rather than having confrontation with the Chief Minister. They said the final decision on Telangana would be taken by Sonia Gandhi and not by the Chief Minister.
Padmavathi alleged that the MPs were having some personal grudge against the Chief Minister and they were trying to settle the score by linking the Telangana issue with Kiran Kumar Reddy. Stating that the MPs behaviour was damaging the party's reputation among the masses, she said that the Congress would suffer irreparable damage during 2014 elections if the MPs do not mend their ways.
Farooq Hussain also informed that as many as 26 MLCs have signed the letter sent to the Centre seeking statehood for the Telangana region.
- INN
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