Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K
Rosaiah walked out of an official meeting this evening after
Telugu Desam Party MLAs raised `Jai Telangana` slogans but
returned to continue the proceedings once the legislators
reportedly apologised.
TDP MLAs and former ministers Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy
and Mandava Venkateswara Rao raised `Jai Telangana` slogans as
the chief minister entered the conference hall to conduct the
Nizamabad district review meeting at the state secretariat.
Irked by this, Rosaiah walked out of the conference hall
in presence of mediapersons.
Medical Education Minister P Sudarshan Reddy and Higher
Education Minister D Sridhar Babu spoke to the TDP MLAs and
pleaded with them not to disrupt the meeting as it was
intended for discussing the district development issues and
also the people`s problems.
The TDP MLAs then went to the Chief Minister`s chamber
and reportedly apologised over the issue following which the
latter returned to continue the meeting.
Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy then said they did not mean to
hurt the Chief Minister by raising the `Jai Telangana`
slogans. "We have every respect for you and we also know that
the statehood issue is not in your hands. But we only wanted
to raise the Telangana issue as per the people`s aspirations,"
Pocharam said.
The meeting then continued and the Chief Minister
reviewed issues related to Nizamabad district.
Bureau Report
