Farmers Movement Archive

‘Governor should stop step-motherly treatment’

All India Congress Committee spokesperson Dasoju Shravan found fault with the Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan for her reported comments on Congress party's that it is indulging in politics over farmers issues and said the Governor’s office is not expected to make such statements. Addressing a press conference here along with Mahesh Goud and Indira Shobhan, he said it was not the Congress party but the Governor who is indulging in politics at Raj Bavan. “When Congress requested an appointment with Governor to give a memorandum on farmers agitation against newly brought in farm bills, she refused citing COVID-19. But at the same time she had no problem with Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao visiting her husband to felicitate him despite prevalence of COVID-19,” he said. He said the Congress clearly mentioned that the delegation would consist just two or three Congress persons and if Governor is not ready to receive memorandum, it will be presented to her liaison officer. She even refused that and Congress leaders did not say a word, he said. “It is condemnable that the Governor has termed our agitation and struggle for saving Indian farmers as a political drama," he said. Mr. Shravan claimed that such accommodating endeavour from the Governor to the CM only exposes the nexus between the BJP and the TRS. “ We respect Tamilisai as a woman leader and doctor and welcome several of her initiatives. She should also reciprocate the goodwill and stop step-motherly treatment of Congress,” he said.

The Hindu

2020-10-05

Hyderabad,TELANGANA