Hyderabad:
Kiran Reddy resigns as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and quits Congress a day after after the Telangana bill is passed in the Lok Sabha.
Here are the highlights:
Here are the highlights:
- For seats and votes all political parties have done lot of harm to Telugu people; I condemn this
- We progressed for 58 years together
- Cabinet not brought as table item
- Did not give time for us to study the Cabinet note
- There were irregularities at every stage
- They added all that we said was lacunae
- I had said I would go if bill is presented in same form as sent to assembly but they made changes
- Shameful that Telangana Bill was presented like robbers, hiding from people, putting off TV, throwing out those who were objecting
- Nowhere has a bill rejected by state assembly been passed by the parliament
- BJP also conspired to harm Telugu people, striking a secret deal
- Government and opposition together enacted a drama and harmed Telugu people
- I thank Congress for giving me the chief minister post
- I feel bad that I could not stop Andhra Pradesh's bifurcation
- My future is not important. If I had wanted to save my future I would have stayed in Congress and followed their diktats
- I offered to resign immediately after CWC decision. Sonia Gandhi stopped me saying it is a difficult decision
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