Congress slams 'unethical politics' of TDP, TRS

Leaders of Opposition in Assembly and Council, K Jana Reddy and Mohammed Ali Shabbir respectively, have strongly condemned the "unethical and immoral politics" being practicsed by both the Telugu Desam Party and Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

"I'm unable to decide whether to launch agitation against such politics or take retirement," said Jana Reddy while addressing a press conference at the Congress Legislature Party office here on Tuesday. He said that the politics of horse-trading, defections and other unethical means was not good for the democracy. "I'm in serious consultation with my party leaders, followers and intellectuals on what should be done next. Living with politics of TDP and TRS is not suitable for people like us who never indulged in such unethical ways," he said.

"While we strongly condemn what Revanth Reddy has done, we equally condemn Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao who has been encouraging defections in other parties to satisfy his hunger for power," said Shabbir Ali. He ridiculed TRS claims that MLAs of other parties had joined the ruling party to ensure development of Telangana. "Every defection conceals a different story. It is not so simple that the legislators of Congress, TDP, YSRCP or BSP met the Chief Minister and asked him to induct them into the party. While some went for money or favours, others went for ministerial berth or other posts," he said.

Shabbir Ali said it is strange that one MLA of opposition party is serving as the Minister in KCR's cabinet. "Talasani Srinivas Yadav figured in the voters' list for MLC elections as the TDP MLA. This exposes the height of unethical politics. He should have resigned from his post to seek fresh elections to continue on the post," he said.

Stating that there must be an end to the ongoing unethical politics, Shabbir Ali urged KCR to honour the Anti-Defection Law. "As a new State, Telangana should set new precedents of ethics and morals for the entire country. Here, the entire system is going on wrong track," he said.

“Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu is directly responsible for the ‘Cash for Vote’ episode. He gave long lectures for three days at Mahanadu on moral and ethics. But within three hours after conclusion of event, he swallowed his own words and tried to bribe one MLA. This is highly condemnable,” Shabbir Ali said.

Meanwhile, Jana Reddy congratulated Congress candidate Akula Lalitha on getting elected as MLC. He said that the outcome of MLC elections has displayed the unity among Telangana Congress leaders and they were unanimous in achieving the goal of winning the MLC elections. He also congratulated five TRS leaders on their election as MLC.