Telangana hots up

Krishna Rao has submitted his resignation to the governor ESL Narasimhan. Later he told the media that he had sent his resignation from the cabinet to the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on March 3 but he did not accept it. “Now I have decided to directly submit it to the governor”, he said.

Krishna Rao, who belongs to Mehbubnagar district of Telangana, took the step just a day before he was to resume his Padyatra in the district to press the demand for Telangana state. He had to adjourn his Padyatra on May 23 after it was opposed by another minister from the same district D K Aruna saying Kirshna Rao had not consulted her.

Krishna Rao’s resignation letter to the governor is also being seen as a fall out of the government’s failure in granting permission to his Padyatra. The minister has already created a stir in the Congress party as his Padyatra has got the support of several Congress MPs from Telangana region. At least one minister from the region K Venkat Reddy has also come out with his support.

The developments have come close on the heel of the Congress MPs threatening to resign from the Parliament if the central government does not take a positive decision on Telangana issue in the month of June.

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