Ponguleti condemns Venkaiah's remarks on UPA-2

Aicc Secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy has condemned the remarks of BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu wherein he described the UPA-2 as a 'wing-less bird'.

Talking to reporters at Assembly Media Point here on Monday, Sudhakar Reddy said that the UPA government has been performing exceedingly well. He said despite political compulsions, the Central Government was able to present people-friendly Railway Budget and Union Budget.

The Aicc Secretary advised Venkaiah Naidu to first set his house in order before commenting on the Congress party. He said that Karnataka BJP was in crisis and the party's High Command was unable to silence the dissidents led by former Chief Minister YS Yedurappa. He said Venkaiah Naidu should focus his attention on his own party affairs before making baseless remarks against the ruling party.

Ponguleti also expressed satisfaction over the nomination of K Chiranjeevi, Renuka Chowdhary, P Govardhan Reddy and R Anand Bhaskar for the Rajya Sabha seats. He said their nomination would help in strengthening of Congress party in the State. He said party would utilise the services of K Keshava Rao for other purposes.