Telangana ministers to abstain from budget session

Hyderabad: The ministers in the state cabinet hailing from Telangana region were not present for the cabinet meeting on Monday. The ministers have been dissent over the behavior of the Chief Minister.

It is learnt that the Congress Party in charge of Andhra Pradesh state affairs, Digvijay Singh had personally asked the T ministers to attend the Cabinet meeting. However, the ministers did not attend the meeting. In a similar vein, the ministers of Hyderabad have also absented for the meeting.

There was a discussion went on between the Telangana ministers on Mondaymorning, the T ministers met at the residence of Jana Reddy in Hyderabad. Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Baswaraj Saraiah, Sunita Lakshmra Reddy, Ramreddy Venkat Reddy, Uttam Kumar Reddy, Sudarshan Reddy, Gandra Venkataramana Reddy took part in this meeting.

It is learnt that the Telangana ministers have also decided to absent from the assembly meet. Telangana ministers are going against the Chief Minister over his decision on submitting a notice under rule 77, without consulting any of the Telangana ministers. To protest their dissent only, said the T ministers, they have decided to keep away from the budget session in the assembly.