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TDP slams Cong. demand for resignation of Govt.

By Our Special Correspondent

Hyderabad Sept. 17. There was an avalanche of protests from Ministers and as also the Telugu Desam party here on Wednesday against the Congress action yesterday in submitting a memorandum to the Governor demanding the dismissal of the Government blaming it for the stamp scam.

Seven Ministers met the press to condemn the Congress attitude in blaming the Government for the scam at a time when it took "prompt action" which included the arrest of the identified accused and expulsion from the party of the MLA and former Minister, C. Krishna Yadav. The punishment of dismissal on this count, if any, should go to the Congress Governments of Maharashtra and Karnataka because, they said, there was no action from them on the scam till the court intervened and ordered an inquiry responding on a public interest litigation.

Heavyweights in the Cabinet consisting of those incharge of Home, Irrigation, Revenue and Information and Public Relations, T. Devender Goud, K. Srihari, P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju and S. Chandramohan Reddy, criticised the Congress leaders for stooping low and seeking the dismissal of a duly elected Government in their "eagerness to occupy seats" even without facing the elections. They asked the people of the State to boycott Congress leaders for politicising everything.

Earlier, three others handling Roads & Buildings, Employment, and Civil Supplies, T. Nageswara Rao, B. Gopalakrishna Reddy and C. Mutyam Reddy, at a separate press conference launched a tirade against the Congress leaders, saying that it was shameless on their part to make such a demand without even taking into account the developments and milestones achieved by the present Government in the past eight years. Where were such demands when there was scandal after scandal earlier when the Congress was in power, they asked.

Meanwhile, the Home Minister objected to Congress leaders talking about increase in crime in the State and likened the latter to `ghosts reciting Vedas.' "The criminal history of the Congress is too well-known. There was no action even against those of proven guilt, he said, citing the case of C.K. Babu, MLA, as an immediate example for whose suspension the AICC had to intervene.

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