Kiran spits fire at Sonia
Hyderabad: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has charged AICC president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with having dealt a 'death blow' to the Congress party in Andhra Pradesh.
In an interview to Karan Thapar of CNN-IBN, which was telecast on Sunday, he said both these leaders had willfully 'decimated' the party in the State.
Kiran said they failed to understand the problems that would arise out of the bifurcation of the State. They were disrespecting people's views.
Taking strong exception to the manner in which the Centre was pushing ahead with the Bill, Kiran said that he was fully aware of the consequences when he had taken up the fight for united Andhra Pradesh.
Refuting that he had made a mockery of the Constitution by staging a dharna at Jantar Mantar, Kiran said that he did nothing wrong. 'I only followed Gandhian path and I was not alone. Even Union Ministers, MPs, MLAs and MLCs participated in it,' he said.
When asked why he had not chosen the more 'sensible' wayout to resign instead of making a mockery of the Constitution, Kiran said he did not think so. 'Dharna was to highlight an issue. It does not amount to defying the party and cannot be construed as revolt against the Prime Minister or Sonia Gandhi.'
News Posted: 10 February, 2014
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