Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday advised Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to restrain from defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of special powers to Governor.
Addressing a press conference here, Kishan Reddy said that the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act was passed by the previous UPA regime and KCR himself was a member of Lok Sabha when the Bill was introduced and passed. Therefore, it was wrong to blame the present NDA Government for the lapses. He said KCR should take all opposition parties in the State and Centre into confidence to seek amendments in the Act.
Kishan Reddy alleged that KCR was blaming the Centre only to please Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen which is strongly against the Governor’s control over law and order in Hyderabad.
He also informed that he wrote a letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha requesting her not to get misled by the propaganda being carried out by KCR over Centre’s circular on special powers to Governor. He quoted the entire Section 8 of the AP Reorganisation Act which grants special responsibility to the Governor. He said that KCR was spreading misinformation to vitiate the cordial working relationships between States and Union Government. (INN)