KCR sets T deadline

TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao demands Centre to introduce separate Telangana state bill in Parliament by next February. Addressing a public meeting in Ramareddy village in Kamareddy mandal on Sunday, KCR set fresh deadline before UPA Govt. He said the party had decided to intensify agitation from Jan.1,2011, after completion of Justice Srikrishna Committees term on December 31.
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Palvai slams Ponnala for Jalayagnam irregularities

Information minister J Geeta Reddy on Sunday jumped to the rescue of her cabinet colleague Ponnala Lakshmaiah after senior Congress leader Palvai Govardhan Reddy launched a vicious attack against him and demanded his resignation for largescale corruption in all Jalayagnam projects. Palvai raised enough heat earlier in the day by demanding Ponnalas resignation at a media conference at his residence. Reddy said he would complain to Congress high command and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about change in design of Polavaram project, which was done solely to benefit contractors. He asked the irrigation department to incorporate changes to the Polavaram project design keeping in mind the practical needs of people in both the regions.

Lakshmaiah must resign owning moral responsibility to the largescale corruption in his department, he said. Palvai also questioned the integrity of a senior official in the Chief Ministers Office and asked the state government to remove him from the post, as he was misleading the chief minister on Jalayagnam projects. Palvai convened a meeting of pro-Telangana Congress leaders at his residence to discuss steps needed to convince the high command on creation of a separate state at the earliest. Geeta Reddy urged Palvai to seek a clarification directly from the irrigation minister or use the party forum to raise doubts.

Meanwhile, Ponnala took strong objection to tone and tenor of Palvai and ruled out his resignation. The minister said it was unfortunate that a senior Congress leader was deliberately making baseless allega-tions with a view to tarnish his image. We earlier challenged all opposition parties when they alleged that there was corruption in Jalayagnam. They failed to prove any of their allegations. All works are being executed in a transparent manner, he said.

In a related development, Congress Nalgonda MP Gutta Sukhender Reddy claimed that the AICC chief responded to his letter, wherein he brought to the notice of the high command largescale corruption in  construction of Jalayagnam projects, and directed the Rosaiah government to take note of  observations made by him. The party high command asked AICC state in-charge Veerappa Moily to seek an explanation from the state government on the contents of my letter to the party high command, he said.
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(source-toi)