Farmers Movement Archive

Governor should not play politics: Congress

HYDERABAD: The Congress on Sunday urged governor Tamilisai Soundararajan not to turn Raj Bhavan into a den of politics. “I agree that Raj Bhavan should not be an adda for politics, but the governor should also not indulge in politicking and have a partisan attitude,” AICC spokesperson Dasoju Sravan said in a letter to the governor. “On the pretext of a coronavirus pandemic, the governor did not give an appointment to the MPs, MLAs elected by the people. But she gave an opportunity to chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to meet her. Going with this, it is clear that the governor, TRS and the BJP are working as one team,” said Manickam Tagore, AICC general secretary in-charge of Telangana. “The governor’s decision not to allow AICC in-charge Manickam Tagore, TPCC chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy, and others to submit a memorandum against the centre’s farm bills was definitely a political decision,” Sravan told a media conference after releasing the copies of the letter sent to the governor. “We respect you and people are happy with your working style. But you refused to meet our leaders, citing fear for Covid-19. You didn’t even allow us to meet the public relations officer or even agree to leave the memorandum at the gate of Raj Bhavan. You didn’t allow us to do so and you got us arrested,” Sravan said. “The governor should be apolitical but you made fun of us by calling our efforts a drama. You as a governor should also not play politics,” he said. He also wondered how Tamilisai Soundararajan and her husband allowed CM KCR to visit them to congratulate and felicitate Soundararajan on receiving the Dronacharya award. “You were photographed with the chief minister without maintaining physical distancing, comfortably forgetting the fear of Covid-19,” he alleged.

The Times of India

2020-10-05

Hyderabad