Warning the State government that the House will not be allowed to run if the tainted six ministers failed to submit their resignations or the Chief Minister failed to dismiss them, the CPI has demanded that the government resume the land allotted through alleged 26 GOs to YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy owned companies and distribute the same among the poor.
Speaking at the Assembly media point here on Wednesday, CPI floor leader Gunda Mallesh alleged that the six ministers and officers had signed the files facilitating Jagan to launch 72 companies. The irregularities were huge and the scam was bigger than the notorious Hawala racket, he added.
He also pointed out that the CBI was conducting inquiry into these issues and even some IAS officers went to jail also. One P. Sudhakar Reddy, a lawyer from Nellore district, approached the courts pleading with them to include the names of the ministers concerned in the CBI inquiry. Responding to it, the Supreme Court issued notices to the ministers and IAS officers.
If the ministers were sincere, they should tender their resignations, otherwise, the Chief Minister should dismiss them from the Cabinet immediately.
Stating that the Chief Minister was trying to shield the tainted ministers in a pre-planned manner, Mallesh said that the Opposition parties were demanding that the government place all the records pertaining to 26 controversial GOs on the Speakers table for a perusal. But the government has rejected the demand of the Opposition parties for obvious reasons.
CPI deputy floor leader K Sambasiva Rao said that Dharmana Prasada Rao, one of the tainted ministers, argued his own case as no minister was ready to defend the tainted ministers except Vatti Vasanth Kumar. He said that Vasanth Kumar had spoken rightly that the six ministers were involved in the irregularities.
Sambasiva Rao contended that the Supreme Court notices issue was more serious than discussion in the House on power supply, agriculture and other burning issues. He said that the Speaker has to allow a discussion on the SC notices issue. (NSS)