Hyderabad, April 9: The handlooms and textiles minister P Shankar Rao slapped his personal assistant (PA) for not picking up his cellphone.
Meanwhile, government employees protested against the act and demanded apology from the minister or else they sought his dismissal.
Shankar Rao who always remains in headlines has done it again. The Minister was participating a government function when his cellphone rang while he was addressing the function.
Dr. Shankar Roa handed over the phone to his PA who was busy talking to someone, so he delayed picking up the phone. Shankar Rao got furious and slapped his PA Venkateshwar Rao in the presence of media and government officials. Silence gripped the function as the people present there looked at him in horror.
Meanwhile Employment Joint Action Committee Chairman Mr. Devi Prasad strongly condemned Shankar Roa’s slapping his PA and demanded that the later immediately tender an apology otherwise complaint would be made with Chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and Chief Secretary. Revenue Employees Association President Mr. Anand flayed minister’s attitude and demanded his dismissal and stressed that a case be slapped on the minister.
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