The Opposition parties on Tuesday demanded that the State Government take up discussion in the House on 26 controversial GOs issued by ministers and IAS officers against whom the Supreme Court has issued notices. The parties alleged that the GOs have favoured Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in accumulation of illegal assets during the stint of former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
Talking to media persons at Assembly media point, Telugu Desam senior leader Payyavula Kesav demanded that the government place the copies of GOs before Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar to give comprehensive details. He said that the government has been adjourning the House without responding on the issues despite Opposition parties moving adjournment motions. Though the opposition parties have assured the government that they would cooperate in running the House smoothly, he said that the government was resorting to adjournments to avoid getting exposed.
Bharatiya Janata Party Floor Leader E Lakshminarayana demanded that the six ‘tainted’ ministers submit resignations from their posts immediately owning moral responsibility for their involvement in controversial GOs. Else, the Chief Minister should sack them from the Cabinet, he said.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Floor Leader Julakanti Rangareddy took serious note of Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy shielding the tainted ministers. He demanded that the Chief Minister sack those ministers immediately and order impartial probe against them.
Communist Party of India MLA K Sambhasiva Rao demanded that the Chief Minister resign from his post owning moral responsibility for the involvement of his cabinet colleagues in corruption. As the entire government is involved in corruption and has become defunct, he suggested the Chief Minister to submit resignation and go for mid-term elections.
Lok Satta president Jayaprakash Narayan demanded that the government set up strong Lok Ayukta and independent ACB to tackle corruption at higher echelons. (INN)