Nagam takes out rally against Speaker, arrested

Suspended Tdp Mla Nagam Janardhan Reddy was arrested by the police when he tried to take out a rally from Gunpark to Ambedkar Statue at Tank Bund here on Monday. He was protesting against the inordinate delay in acceptance of resignations submitted for cause of Telangana state by the Speaker Nadendla Manohar.

The police shifted Nagam and his supporting MLAs to Goshamahal police station. Earlier, Nagam accused the Speaker Nadendla Manohar of violating rights of MLAs by not accepting their resignations. Talking to media persons at the Assembly premises, he alleged that the Speaker instead of protecting the rights of elected representatives was violating their rights. He also alleged that Seemandhra rulers were not allowing his MLAs to stage protest at the Gandhi Statue in the Assembly premises.

Stating that resigning from the membership was MLAs’ right, he said the Speaker must explain the reasons for not accepting the same even after three weeks. He asked as to why Speaker was showing discrimination in accepting resignation of Telangana leaders. He said that he would launch agitation to protect the rights of the MLAs in democracy across the Telangana if the Speaker did not announce his decision soon.    

Nagam also claimed that his fight against illegal mining yielding results with the arrest of Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy by the Central Bureau of Investigation. He demanded that the CBI initiate probe against all Cabinet ministers of former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy for their involvement in corruption.

The former minister said that people of the region would teach a fitting lesson to elected representatives, who failed to press for acceptance of resignations by mounting pressure on Speaker Nadendla Manohar. He advised Telangana ministers to seek Governor E S L Narasimhan’s help in getting their resignations accepted.

Another MLA Harishwar Reddy demanded that the CBI also include Home Minister P Sabitha Indra Reddy, the then Mines Minister, in mining scam probe for renewing the mining license permits violating rules and regulations.