Times
of India: Hyderabad: Friday, 06 February 2015.
Days after
the sacking of Telangana deputy chief minister T Rajaiah, the CMO has gone
quiet on the dismissal, while the angry leader claimed that the chief minister
admitted privately that no corruption charges against him could be proved.
"My
abrupt removal was hasty and unconstitutional. Some people misled the chief
minister. I was not given a chance to explain my side of the story,"
Rajaiah, the former health minister told TOI, after the chief minister's office
went quiet on an RTI query seeking reasons for the TRS leader's removal from
the cabinet.
"The CM
personally told me when I met him that nothing was proved against me,"
Rajaiah claimed.
Chief
minister K Chandrasekhar Rao sacked his deputy on January 26 following
allegations that he failed to take steps to contain the swine flu outbreak and
indulged in corruption.
Rajaiah
maintained that he had a 'clean track record' but still couldn't figure out why
he was sacked in the first place, and even ruled out swine flu as a pretext for
his ouster. "The state is still battling swine flu even after my exit, but
unfortunately it was cited as one of the reasons for my removal," he said.
"As a
pediatrician, I have 30 years of experience in medical field. I never wanted to
create panic as it would have affected the brand image of Hyderabad and tourism
potential," he said. He, however, said he would continue to be with the
party and the CM has promised him another opportunity to serve the people.
The RTI query
was filed by dalit activist Bakka Judson on January 28, two days after the
former deputy CM was sacked and replaced by his one-time bete noire, Warangal
MP Kadiam Srihari.
In fact,
instead of addressing the query which sought to know the grounds for the
removal of ex-deputy CM, the public information officer (PIO) in the CMO went
quiet and transferred the RTI application to PIO, health, medical and family
welfare department.
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