Minister Saraiah targets YSR

                                                                                       

BC Welfare Minister Baswaraj Saraiah's created ripples in political circles in the State when he pointed a finger at the late Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy for adopting an ‘anti-Telangana' stand at a Prajapatham programme here on Thursday.

The Minister responding to protests by TRS students wing activists that the Telangana Congress leaders were doing nothing while scores of youth were committing suicides for the cause, said they did enough in the past and were still putting efforts towards securing separate statehood to the region.

“When we the Congress leaders tried to organise a meeting on separate Telangana, the then Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy threatened us over telephone. But, we did not fear,” he said.

Mr. Saraiah revealed that since he was associated actively with the separate Telangana movement, he was denied a Cabinet berth by Mr. Rajasekhara Reddy during first and second term. However, he said he never compromised on the issue despite differences with the party leadership.

Scores of TRS students wing leaders staged a protest at the meeting at Rangasaipet area in Warangal town. When the police let in a group of students, they questioned the Minister. They sought to know why the government was not withdrawing the cases booked against the students who took part in separate Telangana movement and what were the Telangana Congress leaders doing when the party leadership went back on its separate State promise?

Later, a group of Left party workers too tried to gherao the Minister seeking adequate drinking water, roads and complaining about the spiralling prices.

District collector Rahul Bojja said efforts were being made to solve the drinking water problems.

 from hindu