Kiran may be asked to step down
HYDERABAD: A day after Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy had staged a silent protest in Delhi questioning the Centre's decision on bifurcating Andhra Pradesh, political circles on Thursday were abuzz with the talk of the AICC leadership initiating disciplinary action against Kiran Reddy for his 'misdemeanour'.
Some vernacular TV channels on Thursday went to the extent of making guesses that Kiran might be asked to step down from the top post in the next couple of days, paving the way for imposition of President's rule in the state.
What gave stuff to this speculation is that AICC state affairs in-charge Digvijay Singh's reported comments before the Telangana Congress leaders, who had met him in Delhi on Wednesday, that a key decision with regard to Kiran would be taken by the AICC high command soon after the Rajya Sabha elections on Friday.
Telangana Congress leaders such as Deputy Chief Minister C Damodara Rajanarasimha, ministers J Geeta Reddy, D K Aruna and D Sridhar Babu and Rajya Sabha members V Hanumantha Rao and Palvai Govardhan Reddy and government chief whip Gandra Venkataramana Reddy had called on Digvijay in Delhi on Wednesday and complained against the attitude of the Chief Minister.
According to these leaders, the AICC point man dropped hints to them that the party leadership was not at all happy with the way the CM was defying the Centre's decision on Telangana.
News Posted: 7 February, 2014
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