Ministers, chief whip dump YSR, reveal his 'other side'

By Express News Service - HYDERABAD

26th March 2013 12:06 PM

     Several ministers and the chief whip let the cat out of bag in the state Assembly on Monday. They almost disowned former chief minister the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy and revealed some ‘secrets’ about him. The ministers also heaped praises on Kiran Reddy and said he was performing better than YSR.
When nine-hour free power to farmers and free supply to SC and ST housing colonies were mentioned by the opposition members during a debate on the power situation, in the Assembly on Monday, the ministers came to the rescue of Kiran Reddy.
Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy, chief whip: When I was an MLA, I have approached the then chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy with a request to raise a question on how the nine-hour free power supply to farmers would help them. But Rajasekhara Reddy refused to post the question. I immediately dropped it. Rajasekhara Reddy clearly told me that the nine-hour free power supply was not possible to implement in the near future.
DK Aruna, information minister: When I undertook a padayatra in Mahbubnagar district in 2003 for early completion of irrigation projects, the then opposition leader YS Rajasekhara Reddy participated in it. He decided to go on a padayatra after watching the tremendous response to my yatra. Reddy was inspired from my padayatra. No one knows this secret.
S Sailajanath, primary education minister: I too asked YS Rajasekhara Reddy to waive the power bills of SC and ST colonies, which was around Rs 100 crore. But, he wanted them to bear at least 50 percent and the remaining 50 percent would be borne by the government. Rajasekhara Reddy also opposed free power to SC and ST households.
Kondru Murali Mohan, medical education minister: When Rajasekhara Reddy was chief minister, I had approached him with a request to give free power of at least 100 units per month to SC and ST colonies. SCs do not have land holdings. As the government is giving free power to farmers, SCs and STs were not getting any benefit. I requested Rajasekhara Reddy to supply free power to them. But, he rejected the proposal. Narrating another incident, Murali said when the government was giving only Rs 25,000 under the weaker sections housing scheme, I have requested Rajasekhara Reddy to enhance the amount. But, he did not enhance the amount for two years. I have raised the issue in the CLP meeting. Now, Kiran Reddy hiked it to Rs 45,000.

Comments(3)

None of these people raised these issues when YSR was alive. Because they shared a part of the loot. Now that YSR is dead, and his son YSJ is out of the mafia, the Congress mafia is going after the separate YSR mafia. So much for democracy in Congress.

Posted by Chandu at 03/26/2013 16:52 

We can expect more than this from the present congress ministers ( after all they are close friends now to the low tech Chnadra babu Naidu ( The back stabber) they are also doing the same thing to YSR what CBN done to his father in law ( NTR) earlier

Posted by Rama Bhaskar at 03/26/2013 17:56 

Congress politicians will sell Bharath Maatha to enemies if they see any kind of Profit in it. Congress politicians in AP are trying to become ministers/Union ministers and for Sonia's attention they will do any kind of dastardly act like chopping the hands that fed them, kicking the breasts that fed them milk as babies. Today's congress politicians are tomorrows's Tihar inmates.

Posted by Santosh at 03/27/2013 06:13  

 

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