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YSR sounds a warning

‘Telangana may break A.P. into more smaller pieces’

Points out to demands for separate Andhra, Rayalaseema and Hyderabad regions     

Congress high command will take appropriate decision at the right time on Telangana, he says

NEW DELHI:

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Wednesday made it clear that he had given his views on separate Telangana to the Congress core committee led by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Even while maintaining that he would not share his views with the media, he hinted that the carving out of Telangana region might lead to the State’s division into smaller pieces as there were demands such as separate Andhra, Rayalaseema and Hyderabad regions raised by various political organisations and forums. However, he had no difference of opinion on the subject with the party high command and he would abide by whatever decision it took.

Dr. Reddy, who was talking to media persons after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi and senior Congress leaders, said the high command would take appropriate decision at the right time.

The Chief Minister, who had been saying so long that the UPA government was trying to arrive at a political consensus on the issue, however was not forthcoming on when a Bill on Telangana would be introduced in the Parliament as almost all the parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party, Telugu Desam Party and Left parties were supporting the issue.

When it was pointed out that Telangana was promised by the UPA which even included it in the common minimum programme (CMP), he said CMP was some sort of understanding with the political parties and “whatever and whenever decision has to be taken it will be done by the UPA government”.

 

Chief Minister to inaugurate new bridge across Eluru canal today

ELURU:

The bridge built across the Eluru canal in the city, linking the canal road in I-Town and the Powerpet station road in II-Town by crossing the Eluru canal and the Grand National Trunk (GNT) road, is all set to be declared open for traffic by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Thursday amidst apprehensions over its efficacy in traffic management.

It seemingly brings no cheers for the road users passing through the GNT road and the shop-keepers on either side of the road.

The Rs. 60-crore bridge, that boasts of replacing an age-old wooden bridge of the British time to ensure smooth passage of traffic movement from I-Town to the station road (Powerpet) in II-Town, is said to be unlikely to serve the very purpose allegedly due to designing failing to match with the ground realities.

The bridge was designed in such a manner that the approach road joining the highway was laid with a 10ft –high divider, forcing the vehicle riders to take a U-turn while moving on the station road and same is the case with those going to the I-Town from the highway by crossing the bridge.

“It’s a virtually a roadblock with regard to traffic movement”, comments a realtor having his office on the GNT road close to the bridge. When the traffic joins the highway through the bridge in the Y-format, the highway with its two ways with 10ft width each, fails to cope with the high-dense traffic at the point, resulting in utter chaos, he said.

The Municipal Corporation of Eluru took more than two-and-a-half years to complete the bridge.

 

YSR’s two-day visit to West Godavari begins today

The Rs.170-crore lift scheme is aimed at providing drinking water to 230 habitations

ELURU:

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy will pay a two-day visit in West Godavari district from Thursday. He will take part in a string of programmes in the district during his visit.

According to district incharge Collector V. Durga Das, he will lay a foundation stone for a lift irrigation project at Kamavarapukota, which is intended to supply the Godavari water from the Right Main Canal for irrigation to the upland areas in West Godavari and the neighbouring Krishna districts.

The Rs.170 crore lift scheme is aimed at providing drinking water to 230 habitations falling under 15 mandals and irrigating an extent of about 1.75 lakh acres in Polavaram, Chintalapudi, Unguturu, Denduluru, Gopalapuram and the neighbouring Nuzvid mandal in Krishna district. Besides, he will address public gatherings at Kaikaram under Unguru Assembly segment, Kamavarapukota and Eluru in connection with the ‘Indiramma Samabralu’.

Dr. Reddy will also lay a foundation stone for the Tammileru modernisation works; inaugurate a cancer hospital and I-Town police station building in the city.

The Chief Minister will interact with party workers at Alluri Sitarama Raju stadium before he retires for the day. He will leave for Hyderabad by helicopter next day.

 

YSR’s visit boosts morale of partymen

Srikakulam:

Chief Minister Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy’s one day whirlwind tour of Itchapuram, Tekkali, Narsannapeta and Srikakulam constituencies, the same route that Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi had taken a fortnight ago, was to neutralise the euphoria generated by the actor-turned politician’s visit and also to prove a point. While political observers feel that a seasoned party like the Congress need not have resorted to such an exercise to prove a point, the Congress local managers were of the opinion that false impressions and claims gaining popularity among the people need to be neutralised.

The Chief Minister’s 12-hour drive touching several politically key places like Itchapuram, Sompeta, Tekkali and Narasannapeta shot up the election fever with five more months to go for Assembly elections.

Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy, who appeared confident, mostly harped on his government’s performance. The burden of his song everywhere was welfare of the people and development of the State. He cautioned the people against being misled by what he called unreliable promises of the TDP and the visionless new born baby called PR. He impressed upon the people that the process of development must continue and the people should not take chances adopting trial and error methods.

Everywhere he reiterated that he has guts to seek people’s blessings for another term as the Congress has not only fulfilled all its election promises but also implemented several giant schemes like the Rs.2 a kg scheme.

Unprecedented crowds   

At Itchapuram unprecedented crowds made a beeline to the venue of the public meeting. Two weeks ago at the same place it was the youth and mostly teenagers in large numbers, who accorded a hysterical welcome to Chiranjeevi. Commentators say that matured voters attended the Chief Minister’s meeting while the youth, majority of whom, who are below 18 years attended the latter’s meetings.

TDP and Congress have a well-oiled party machinery while the PRP is still grappling with no party committees, no leaders of any standing in every constituency, no grass-root level party workers network except an army of fans who are energetic but directionless and without political orientation .

The Congress leaders argue that crowds are no yardstick to test the popularity of a political party as Chiranjeevi, admired as a hero for over two to three decades in the celluloid world, naturally will attract more crowd than any other political leader familiar with the people. The Congress, which is banking on its performance, need to ensure effective implementation of its prestigious housing scheme.

 

Teachers court arrest across State

Police release 1.5 lakh arrested teachers without booking cases: Jacto

Teachers to gherao Ministers on Thursday, launch mass hunger strike on Friday

HYDERABAD:

Teachers courted arrest in large numbers at several places in the State on the eighth day of their indefinite strike on Wednesday when they picketed revenue divisional offices as part of the intensified agitation.

No indication, however, was available from the government on the resumption of talks with the Joint Action Committee of Teachers’ Organisations.

Police released all the arrested teachers, numbering about 1.5 lakh, without booking any cases, Jacto leaders later said. The teachers gathered at the revenue divisional offices at 320 places, right from 10 a.m., sporting black badges. Police swung into action as work in the revenue offices was affected with the agitators stopping people from going to offices.

A statement issued by Jacto’s State steering committee said the teachers would gherao Ministers on Thursday and launch mass hunger strike along with family members on Friday. They also said they were ready to follow the advice given by the High Court and urged the government to invite them for talks.

Opposition’s plea

Extending their solidarity with the ongoing strike, all the Opposition parties have urged Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to take the initiative and hold discussions with the agitating teachers for resolving their issues amicably.

Participating in an all-party meeting convened by the CPI(M) on Wednesday, representatives of the TDP, TRS, CPI(M), CPI, BJP, PR, Lok Satta and other parties expressed concern over the way the government was unleashing repression to ensure that the teachers relent from their strike. CPI (M) State secretary B.V. Raghavulu presided over the meeting which was attended, among others, by senior TDP leader K. Srihari, Nayani Narsimha Reddy (TRS), E. Peddi Reddy (NTP), K. Laxman (BJP), Parakala Prabhakar (PR) and K. Aruna (CPI).

 

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Congress delays T chapter

Hyderabad:

The Congress high command has decided to wait for some more time before taking a decision on Telangana statehood. The core committee of the Congress on Wednesday confined itself to hearing the views of the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Raja-sekhar Reddy, on the issue. The meeting, chaired by the Congress president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, and attended by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, asked Dr Reddy how he intended to face the issue during the elections, with even the Telugu Desam, favouring statehood for the region.

Dr Reddy presented his views and assured the leadership that it need not worry about the Congress’ prospects even if all Opposition parties take a pro-statehood stand. Dr Reddy suggested appointing another states re-organisation commission (SRC). The Congress had requested for a SCR but was turned down by the then home minister, Mr L.K. Advani, he said.

The Congress had in 2004 mentioned the constitution of the SRC in its manifesto.  The feelings of the people from Rayalseema, and coastal Andhra also have to be taken into consideration before taking any decision on Telangana statehood. Dr Reddy favoured elections to the Lok Sabha and the Assembly in February, irrespective of the outcome of the elections in six states later this year. The core committee discussed the issue of timing of elections at length, sources said.

 

‘Naidu got state subsidy’

Hindupur (Anantapur):

The minister for agriculture, Mr. N. Raghuveera Reddy, said that the Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, was determined to develop Andhra Pradesh in all sectors. Speaking at the Indiramma Sambaralu programme here on Wednesday, he said several families have benefited from the many schemes being implemented by the state government and added that even the Telugu Desam president, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, was a beneficiary in a state government scheme.

Mr Raghuveera Reddy said Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy had sanctioned Rs. 76 lakh as subsidy based on an application submitted by Mr. Chandrababu Naidu to start an industry in Chittoor.  The minister added that the subsidy amount was credited to the Telugu Desam president’s account.

He said the state government was sanctioning Indiramma houses and pensions in an apolitical manner in Naravaripalle, the native village of Mr. Naidu.  Mr. Raghuveera Reddy added that the government was also trying to eradicate regional disparities and develop all constituencies.

 

10k couples to wed on Nov. 2

 

Hyderabad:

Over 10,000 couples across the state are likely to tie knot in the fourth phase of Kalyanamastu mass marriage programme being conducted by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams on November 2. So far, 6,000 couples have enrolled themselves for the programme. A few thousand more are likely to get enrolled for the mass marriage ceremonies to be held at TTD Kalyanamandapams and other select venues from 10.50 am to 11.10 am.

Couples will be provided “Gold pusthelu”, new clothes, silver metellu and other paraphernalia required for the function as per the Hindu tradition. The TTD chairman, Mr Adikeshavulu Naidu, met the Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, and explained to him the arrangements being made for the programme.

According to the TTD, 400 couples in Karimnagar district, 600 couples in Warangal, 600 couples in Nalgonda and many more in other districts have registered for the marriage. The last date for application is October 31. During the three phases of Kalyanamastu programme, about 20,000 couples have tied knot.

Couples and their families can register for the marriage at endowment department assistant commissioner office, major temples, TTD kalyanamandapam, MRO, MDO, village sarpanch and tahsildar office. The couple will be provided a certificate of marriage after the function, according to TTD executive officer, Mr. Ramanachary.

The Chief Minister, who discussed the arrangements with endowment and TTD officials, asked all elected public representatives including MPs, MLAs and MLCs to cooperate with the concerned authorities.

 

Sops for mega industrial projects

Hyderabad:

The state government has in principle decided to extend incentives to mega industrial projects which are in pipeline even after the lapse of the industrial policy 2005-2010. The government, however, would insist that the projects should either start commercial production by 2012 or achieve financial closure before the end of the policy period to avail the facility. The State Industrial Investment Promotion board which recently met under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, took a decision in this regard.

The Chief Minister directed the industries department to formulate guidelines for extending such incentives to mega industrial projects. “Extension is more important now in view of the global slowdown in market globally,” the industries principal secretary, Mr. B. Sam Bob pointed out.

 

YSR to tour Srikakulam

Visakhapatnam:      

To pep up the activists in the wake of tre-mendous response to actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi’s just concluded Praja A-nkita Yatra in north Andhra especially in Srikakulam, the Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, would tour the district on Sunday.

During his whirlwind vis-it, Dr Reddy would take part in six road shows in the rural parts of the district and seven in strategic locations in the town. He would also take part in two public mee-tings, as part of the ongoing Indiramma Sambaralu.

Another important part of his visit to Srikakulam is that he would inaugurate a park developed by the tourism department, which was developed in memory of his padayatra, which he undertook in 2003 and ended at Itchapuram.

The Chief Minister would fly to Srikakulam on Sund-ay morning and proceed to Itchapuram. He would addr-ess two public meetings at Itchapuram, Santabommali and inaugurates Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences building in Srikakulam.

Local Congress leaders are busy in making arrangements to make their leader’s visit a success. Police from the neighbouring districts of Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam were also sent to Srikakulam for bandobust.

Dr. Reddy would also take part in the District Congress Committee meeting in the evening. He would stay in Srikakulam on Sunday nig-ht and would return to Hyd-erabad on Monday.

 

Palem ready to dare Jagan

Kadapa:

Mr. Palem Srikant Reddy, who recently joined the Telugu Desam (TD), created a commotion in Kadapa district by challenging the family of the Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S. Raja-sekhar Reddy, to contest against him in Pulivendula.  He also expressed his intention to contest from the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat from the TD.

Two days ago, Mr. Srikant Reddy challenged Dr Reddy or his son Mr. Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to contest against him as councillor or municipal chairman in Pulivendula. He said that if he was defeated he would not contest in the elections for five years and confine himself to social service. The Congress leaders also responded to his challenge and asked him to contest from any one of eight wards chosen by them in Pulivendula.

Mr. Srikant Reddy, who joined the TD in the presence of the party president, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu, two months ago, is extensively touring the Kadapa Parliamentary constituency. The TD brought Mr. Srikant Reddy, who hailed from Veerapunayunipalle mandal in Kamalapuram constituency, into politics to take on the YSR family. The Rajya Sabha member of the TD, Dr. M.V. Mysoora Reddy, brought Mr. Srikant Reddy into politics to contest from the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat on behalf of the party.

The TD wants to project him as an opponent to Mr. Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy who is also planning to contest from the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat. Meanwhile, Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy is also trying to woo people in the district. He toured four constituencies in the district for four days. He is meeting senior Congress leaders and seeking their support. Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy is also taking steps to solve problems of people in the Kadapa Parliamentary constituency.

 

CM assured quicker decision on gas for AP

 

The Chief Minis ter, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, on Wednesday hinted that the Centre’s decision on gas allocation to Andhra Pradesh was expected soon and it could be as early as within a week or 10 days.

After meeting the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan SIngh, and the external affairs minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, who heads the EGOM on petroleum issues, besides Union petroleum minister, Mr Murli Deora, mainly to discuss KG Basin gas allocation by the Centre to Andhra Pradesh, Dr Reddy said it was for the Centre to decide on priorities for allocation of gas to be produced by Reliance.

Dr. Y.S. Rajashekhar Reddy said, “Our contention is that about six to eight years ago, the Government of India allocated 13 Million Metric Standard Cubic Metres per Day (MMSCMD) for different power units in the state. But today, we are receiving only 4 MMSCMD. Our request is that the government should first honour its commits made earlier, before making fresh allocations. So our point is that first gas produced by Reliance in the KG basin should be given to power units in AP.

The Chief Minister said that Mr Mukherjee was sympathetic and talked to Mr Deora in front of him and examined the documents supporting AP’s contention that the government made these allocations and assured that prior commitments would be honoured.

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YSR ‘pulls up’ Gollapalli

Temporary truce to Ministers’ row

 

EVERYTHING FINE: Minister for Panchayat Raj J. C. Diwakar Reddy coming out of Chief Minister’s camp office after a meeting in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

 

HYDERABAD:

Minister for Small Scale Industries Gollapalli Surya Rao on Sunday withdrew his controversial remarks against Panchayat Raj Minister J. C. Diwakar Reddy after he was reportedly pulled up by Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

Mr. Surya Rao, who levelled serious charges of corruption against his Cabinet colleague at the East Godavari Zilla Parishad meeting on Saturday pertaining to sand ramps auction, handed over a written letter to the Chief Minister here.

Though a temporary truce was reached, Mr. Diwakar Reddy was said to be unhappy at the Minister’s conduct. Dr. Reddy summoned Mr. Rao along with the three-member ministerial committee comprising Finance Minister K. Rosaiah, J. Geetha Reddy and Koneru Ranga Rao. Taking a serious view, he reportedly faulted Mr. Surya Rao’s action.

The panel, which heard the version of the two Minsters separately and examined the report sent by the East Godavari Collector, gave a clean chit to Mr. Diwakar Reddy.

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Rosaiah said there was no substance in the allegations. “The Chief Minister cautioned party leaders against resorting to such actions. They can air their views in party forums,” he quoted Dr. Reddy as telling Mr. Surya Rao.

“The issue is closed after the Chief Minister took the letter and heard the two sides,” Mr. Rosaiah added.

Earlier, Mr. Diwakar Reddy complained to the Chief Minister that Mr. Surya Rao had resorted to character assassination.

“Dr. Reddy nodded his head and it is left to him to take further action,” he told reporters. Mr. Surya Rao left the Camp Office without speaking to the media.

 

Nandi Awards on Nov. 8

Raghupathi Venkaiah Awards for M.S. Reddy, Rama Naidu

Krishna, Ilayaraja, Ambarish and Waheeda Rahman to get NTR award

’Pothe Poni’, ’Bommarillu’ best films of 2005 and 2006 respectively

HYDERABAD:

Veteran producers M.S. Reddy and D. Rama Naidu have been named for the prestigious Raghupathi Venkaiah Awards for the years 2005 and 2006, respectively, and will receive gold medals and cash prizes of Rs. 50,000 each from the hands of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy at a function here on November 8.

The Chief Minister will also give away the NTR Memorial Film Awards for the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 to superstar G. Krishna, maestro Ilayaraja, Kannada actor Ambarish and glamorous actress of yesteryears, Waheeda Rahman, respectively.

The Nandi Awards for the best feature films and for the best hero and heroine for the years 2005 and 2006 will go to Siva Balaji and Sindhu Tolani for ‘Pothe Poni’ and to Siddharth and Genelia for ‘Bommarillu’ for ‘Bommarillu’, respectively.

The Nandi awards for the years 2005 and 2006 will also be given away Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy at a function in the NTR grounds opposite Indira Park.

In all, 126 people from the film industry will receive various awards, said Information Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy at a press conference on Monday.

Annual event

He said that government had put in place the framework required to regularly give away awards pertaining to films, television and theatre, every year at specified dates.

Accordingly, film awards are to be given on Telugu New Year day, television awards on October 27 and theatre awards between January 18 and 24, from next year onwards, he said.

To this effect, Mr. Reddy said he held meetings with film industry representatives G.V. Adiseshagiri Rao, Tammareddy Bharadwaja and Muralimohan and Information Commissioner C. Parthasarathy.

 

More road shows by YSR in November

HYDERABAD:

Buoyed by the success of Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s road show in Srikakulam on Sunday, the Congress is now planning to hold more such programmes in November.

The huge response to the road show in Harishchandrapuram, Narasannapet and Srikakulam Assembly constituencies has given the party leaders a new-found confidence that it can check the influence of Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam.

Party sources said Dr. Reddy has decided to participate in road shows during the weekends. Accordingly, his campaign managers are chalking out more programmes after November 15, when the Chief Minister completes the review meetings with party leaders of constituencies, where the Opposition parties MLAs have won.

During his road shows, Dr. Reddy will visit at least three Assembly segments travelling 60 km every day.

They attributed the good response in Srikakulam to the government’s performance during the last four-and-half years in welfare and development sectors.

 

YSR for Delhi

HYDERABAD:

Within a day after his trip to New Delhi, Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy will leave for the capital again on Wednesday to impress upon the Centre the need to allocate gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin to Andhra Pradesh first. The Chief Minister decided to present the State’s case strongly before the Empowered Committee on Gas Allocation.

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Talks with Jacto fail

Hyderabad:

The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy’s efforts to resolve the teachers’ strike through the mediation of the finance minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, proved futile on Monday. Talks between the minister and the leaders of Joint Action Committee of Teachers Organisations (Jacto) failed to achieve a breakthrough. Teachers have been on the path of agitation for the last 60 days raising various demands.

After the talks, teachers announced that the strike will be intensified. Mr Rosaiah had invited Jacto leaders for talks in his chambers at the Secretariat on the directions of the Chief Minister.  The teachers stuck to their demands on apprenticeship. The minister categorically stated that the demand could not be accepted at this juncture as it had financial implications and could be considered only in the next Budget. “I will discuss the issue with the chief minister,” he added. Jacto leaders expressed disappointment at the minister calling them “merely to know their demands.”

“The government is already aware of our demands,” said Mr Venugopal, president of the AP Teachers Federation. The apprenticeship row dates back to a government order issued by the school education department in 1994. The GO has now become a bone of contention between the agitators and the government. This GO was issued to tide over the financial crisis at that time and teachers are now demanding its abolition. But it will cost the government Rs 148 crore now to pay arrears for over 1.7 lakh teachers for the apprenticeship period.

Officials who re-examined the GO in the context of the strike said it was full of contradictions and would not stand judicial scrutiny. The GO says teachers will be appointed as apprentices but adds that the apprenticeship period shall be counted as probation.

“The probation period will be counted for pension and all other monetary benefits,” said a senior official of the school education department. “But teachers were denied all these benefits.”  After this GO was issued, the government had started appointing teachers under apprenticeship for two years, with a stipend of Rs 1,800 per month for secondary grade teachers and Rs 2,250 per month for school assistants. After a gap of 14 years, the government hiked the stipend by 100 per cent this June. Meanwhile, school students are going without mid-day meals, thanks to the teachers strike.

 

Nandi awards on November 8

Hyderabad:

The Chief Minister, Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, will give away Nandi awards to film artistes at a function in the NTR stadium here on November 8. Briefing mediapersons on the function, Information Minister Mr Anam Ramanarayana Reddy said, “The awards were for 2005 and 2006. The Chief Minister will also give NTR National Award and Raghupathi Venkaiah awards, the presentation of which is pending since 2003. We have decided to restore the earlier practice of presenting Nandi Awards on every Ugadi day.”

The minister held meeting with representatives of film industry Mr G.V. Aadiseshagiri Rao, Mr Tammareddy Bharadwaja and Mr Muralimohan besides Information commissioner Mr Parthasarathy.

It may be a coincidence but many of the awardees had recently pledged support to Congress and some even met the Chief Minister to express their solidarity. Veteran actor G. Krishna, his son Mahesh Babu, Mr Bharadwaja, comedy hero Rajendra Prasad, and producer Mr C.C. Reddy and actor Srihari were among the awardees that directly or indirectly supported Congress.

 

CM sore at minister’s outburst

Hyderabad:

The Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, is in a fix over his ministers’ squabble that landed his government in an embarrassing situation. The Chief Minister is also said to be upset with the small and medium industries, Mr. G. Surya Rao’s outburst against his colleague and panchayat raj minister, Mr. J.C. Diwakar Reddy. But, he is hesitant to take any action for two reasons: The opposition would ridicule him or Mr. Surya Rao, a Dalit, might play the caste card against him.

The finance minister, Mr. K. Rosaiah, spoke to Mr. Surya Rao and sought to know the reasons for his outburst. Who was assigned to pacify the minister, Earlier, Mr. Rosaiah held meeting with two other ministers, Mr. K. Ranga Rao and J. Geetha Reddy, whom the Chief Minister had asked to look into the controversy. The ministers also took a briefing from industries secretary Y. Srilakshmi on sand auctions in East Godavari district. Mr. Surya Rao had accused Mr. Diwakar Reddy of receiving crores of rupees in bribes from people involved in quarrying sand illegally.

On Monday, however, Mr. Surya Rao toned down the tenor of charges against Mr. Diwakar Reddy. The minister who reiterated his charges of illegal sand quarrying in the district denied having said that Mr. Diwakar Reddy received bribes. “I only said about the minister ignoring his alerts over loss of revenue,” he said. Inquiries revealed that Mr. Surya Rao was upset over Mr. Diwakar Reddy transferring an MDO on the request of the Telugu Desam MLC, Mr. N. China Rajappa. Mr. Rajappa’s wife who is the mandal parishad president had a tiff with the MDO. Despite Mr. Surya Rao’s efforts to retain the official, the panchayat raj minister forcibly implemented the transfer orders.

The Chief Minister’s camp also got information about Mr. Surya Rao’s attempts to switch over to the Praja Rajyam. “By targeting another minister from the district, Mr. Pilli Subash Chandra Bose, the minister sought to capitalise on the caste rivalry and get close to the rival caste of Mr. Bose,” a senior party leader pointed out.

 

Babu, CM in coastal row

Hyderabad:

The Telugu Desam party president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Monday displayed government orders pertaining to the establishment of the Coastal Corridor to contest the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekar Reddy’s comments that there was no such thing. While talking to mediapersons here, Mr Naidu displayed GO. RT No. 34 issued on February 2, 2008, wherein the state government announced the establishment of Coastal Corridor in 617 square kilometers comprising 110 revenue villages in Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts.

He also released GO. No. 126 dated March 23, 2005, and GO. No. 913 dated December 10, 2007, relating to the Petro Chemical Industrial Corridor in the same area. Charging the Chief Minister with misleading the people, Mr Naidu said that the State government decided to acquire 10 to 15 lakh acres of land by displacing lakhs of fishermen families. “Now the Chief Minister says there is no such corridor and even volunteered to scrap it if it exists,” said Mr Naidu.

“It is funny that he is not aware of the government policies and orders.” The TD chief demanded an inquiry into entire issue by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court.  Mr Naidu also dared the Chief Minister to come out with facts on the Kakinada SEZ wherein Rs 2,000 crore had allegedly changed hands to keep off the ONGC.

“Originally, the project was conceived in the name of ONGC and land was acquired for it,” he said. “But suddenly, some private parties came into the scene and ONGC pulled out of the project. Why didn’t the Chief Minister try to convince the ONGC to continue in the project?” He found fault with the Prime Minster, Dr Manmohan Singh, for not being aware of the rampant corruption in the name of SEZs in the State. 

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