Komatireddy Venkat Reddy from Telangana resigns

Andhra Pradesh’s Infrastructure Minister Komatireddy Venkata Reddy on Saturday resigned to protest the delay of the Congress leadership in taking a clear decision for formation of a separate Telangana state.
Venkata Reddy, who hails from Nalgonda district of Telangana region, met Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan and submitted his resignation as minister. He later also submitted his resignation as member of the state assembly. Another Congress legislator C. Lingaiah also resigned. Venkata Reddy had set September 30 as the deadline for the Congress’ central leadership to make a clear-cut announcement on the Telangana issue. He plans to sit on a day-long fast at Nalgonda October 2 and later participate in the movement for a separate state. Venkata Reddy is the second minister from Telangana to resign over the separate statehood issue.

J. Krishna Rao had resigned as the minister on May 31. The governor had accepted his resignation on the recommendation of Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy.

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