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7 Congress MLAs quit House Committee on GO 610

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Accuse Telangana MLAs of humiliating them at meetings

TOUGH STAND: Congress MLA Gade Venkat Reddy and others at a press conference in Hyderabad on Friday announcing their resignation from the House Committee. - Photo: K. Ramesh Babu

HYDERABAD: Seven Congress MLAs from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions resigned from the House Committee on implementation of GO 610 on Friday after accusing members from Telangana of humiliating them at meetings of the panel.

Five MLAs, Gade Venkata Reddy, C. Shailajanath, K. Ravi Babu, D.C. Govinda Reddy and K. Parthasarathy (Vuyyuru), met Speaker K. R. Suresh Reddy at his residence and handed over their letters of resignation.

Two others, Dara Sambaiah and B. Vedavyas, also announced their decision to quit the Assembly panel.

The Speaker later told reporters that these members appeared hurt by the developments at the meetings.

"I will discuss the matter with the chairman of the committee (Uttam Kumar Reddy) and sort out the issue," he added.

Sharp exchanges

Meetings of the House Committee for monitoring and implementation of GO 610 to restore jobs for locals in Telangana have in the past few months witnessed sharp exchanges between members from the Andhra and Telangana regions. Irked by the attitude of the members from Telangana, the former boycotted the committee meeting on Thursday.

Addressing a press conference, Mr. Venkata Reddy and others said the developments at the committee's deliberations made them feel that it was not desirable for them to continue in the interests of the State.

They said the Telangana MLAs were crossing the limits and using the meetings as a platform to derive political mileage.

Presidential Order

Mr. Venkata Reddy said the GO should be implemented within the purview of Presidential Order and six-point formula.

"We decided to resign so as to promote amity and friendship between the two regions," he said. He regretted that the MLAs from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions were being portrayed as being opposed to implementation of GO 610.

`Another drama'

The resignations drew flak from the Opposition parties and also from Chairman of Telangana Regional Development Board V. Purshottam Reddy who felt it would aggravate matters.

TRS MLA T. Harish Rao said the Congress legislators wanted to stall implementation of the GO 610 while TDLP deputy leader T. Devender Goud described it was yet another drama enacted by the Congress party to divert people's attention.

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