No action on Sabitha until court order, says Azad

New Delhi: AICC general secretary in-charge of Andhra Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad reiterated once again that on the issue of Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy being chargesheeted, the party would not take any action till the court gave its verdict on the issue. Interacting with media persons, Azad sounded confident that the Telangana Congress MPs would not leave the party. At a time when speculation is rife that some Telangana Congress MPs are set to desert the party and may join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Azad said that no Congress MP would desert the party, virtually playing down the threat. Azad said at the upcoming meeting of AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and APCC president Botcha Satyanarayana on April 18, only political issues would come up for discussion. The welfare measures being implemented in the state will come up for review. At the meeting, a roadmap for the upcoming elections will also be drawn up. The idea is to prepare the party for the polls in the state. While the first popular test for the party will be in the local bodies polls, the next test will be the simultaneous Assembly and Parliament elections due in 2014. Despite the uphill task in the state, the Congress is confident of acquitting itself well in the elections. Venkat Parsa