Telugu
People: Hyderabad: Monday, 20 July 2015.
A cheating
case should be registered against Talasani Srinivas Yadav for lying about his
resignation as TDP MLA before taking oath as minister, demanded Leader of
Opposition in Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir.
Addressing a
press conference at the Congress Legislature Party office here on Sunday,
Shabbir Ali pointed out that an hour before taking oath as minister on December
16, 2014, Talasani addressed media announcing that he had resigned as TDP MLA
from Sanathnagar. He had also displayed the resignation letter which was
promptly covered by the entire media. "It was all drama. Talasani did not
send any resignation letter and he misled and cheated everyone," he said.
A simple RTI Application submitted by Congress leader Gandra Venkata Ramana
Reddy on June 29, 2015, has revealed that the Legislature Secretariat was not
in receipt of any resignation letter from Talasani Srinivas Yadav.
"This is
an open case of cheating wherein Talasani lied to become a minister. Assembly
is a law-making body and it is the duty of all its members to protect the
Constitution. By his act of cheating, Talasani has insulted the Constitution
and desecrated the prestige of all law-making bodies like Assembly and
Parliament. Besides registering a cheating case under Section.420, Talasani
should be immediately disqualified and debarred from being a member of the
House," Shabbir Ali demanded.
The Congress
leader also asked Speaker S Madhusudan Chary to speak out his stand on the
issue. "Despite receiving so many representations against Talasani for the
last seven months, the Speaker kept mum and did not reveal that he was not in
receipt of any resignation letter. He failed to maintain the sanctity of his
position. As the truth is now out, the Speaker should take a decision on
immediate basis to uphold the prestige of Assembly and his post," he
demanded.
Shabbir Ali
blamed Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for the biggest cheating in history
of Indian politics. "He openly violated the Anti-Defection Law multiple
times and showed no respect towards the Constitution. Right from Sarpanches, he
encouraged leaders of opposition parties to the extent that he lured 12 MLCs
and 13 MLAs into TRS. It was at his instance that Talasani faked the resignation
letter," he alleged adding that KCR has set a bad precedent for a new
State while giving false preaching on morality and ethics.
The
Opposition Leader also questioned the role of Governor E.S.L.Narasimhan in the
entire fiasco. "Being the Constitutional Head of the State, the Governor
should have protected the Constitution. When a simple RTI application can
reveal the status of Talasani's resignation letter, why did the Governor failed
to check the position with authorities concerned? He too was in receipt of
several representations against Talasani and did not act on any of them. He
broke the Constitution by administering oath to Talasani, who was is still a
TDP MLA. Now Mr. Narasimhan should act as per his conscience on whether or not
to continue on his post of Governor as he himself has violated the
constitution," he said.
Shabbir Ali
announced that the Congress party would take up this issue at the national
level and this matter would be raised in the forthcoming session of Parliament.
Earlier,
addressing a separate press conference, Gandra Venkat Ramana Reddy released the
letter to the media which he received in response to the RTI query with regard
to Talasani's fake resignation.
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