Former Minister and senior Congress leader T Jeevan Reddy said that the State Government should have extended legal aid to former Minister Mopidevi Venkatramna on par with five other ministers against whom the Supreme Court has issued notices in connection to the case pertaining to issuing of 26 controversial GOs.
Talking to media persons in the assembly premises Jeevan Reddy said that the decisions taken by the ministers concerned were not personal but unanimously taken by the cabinet. He stressed that Mopidevi should also be included in the list of ministers who were benefitted with the legal aid of the government. The other ministers to whom the government has decided to extend legal aid are Sabita Indra Reddy, Geeta Reddy, Dharmanna Parsad Rao, Kanna Lakshmi Narayana and Ponnala Lakshmaiah.
Jeevan Reddy said that the situation would not worsened if the government would have filed an affidavit in the High Court in response to the case filed by the CBI against the Ministers in Quid Pro Quo case. He demanded that the government extend legal aid to Mopidevi Venkatramna who is presently lodged in jail in Chanchalguda Central Prison. (INN)