Konda couple demand CBI probe into spending of funds on Jala Yagnam

Warangal,Nov 2:The infighting in the ruling Congress in the State has reached its peack on Monday.Till now only the Opposition parties have been criticizing the ‘tardy’ implementation of the welfare programmes launched by the Congress Government.On Monday,two senior Congress leaders and legislator couple,an MLC and an MLA,came out openly against Jala Yagnam,the pet programme of the former chief minister, the late Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.The couple, Mrs Konda Surekha,a former minister who resigned her post only a couple of days ago, and her husband,Mr Konda Murlai,a member of the Legislative Council, on Monday levelled serious corruption charges against the Minister for Major and Medium Irrigation,Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah,and demanded a CBI probe into the spending of funds on Jala Yagnam programme.

On Monday,the Konda couple paid homage at the statute of the late chief minister,Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy,in the city before leaving for Pavurala Gutta in Kurnool district, the hillocks in which Dr Reddy’s copter crashed killing him on the spot.Mrs Konda Surekha is visiting the hillocks to submit a copy of the resignation letter at the spot where Dr Reddy died.This,she said as a mark of respect to the departed soul.Before leaving for the spot, the Konda couple addressed a media conference here where they attacked verbally the Minister for Major and Medium Irrigation, considered to be a staunch supporter of Dr Rajasekhara Reddy. The Konda couple gave a call to the people of Warangal district,to which the Minister too belongs, to chase him out of the district.

The legislators couple are particularly unhappy that Mr Lakshmaiah, who dubbed himself as the twin brother,Lakshman of Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, did not utter even a single word either about the late leader or Mr Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, the Kadapa MP and son of Dr Reddy.They said that the Minister was amassing huge wealth by indulging in corruption in sanctioning of irrigation projects,particularly under Jala Yagnam.They said that the Jala Yagnam programme has failed miserably only due to the corrupt practices of Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah and that they demanded that only a CBI probe can bring out the truth. These outbursts of the Konda couple have shocked the Congress circles here.