Some personal remarks made by Congress MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy against Minister for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Talasani Srinivas Yadav during the debate on voting on demands for grants in the Assembly on Monday led to heated exchanges between the Treasury benches and the MLA disrupting the proceedings for about half-an-hour.
The issue subsided when Mr. Rajagopal Reddy withdrew his remarks stating that he would withdraw his remarks in case they hurt the Minister and said he was forced to make such comments as he too was hurt as the Minister had termed him a ’contractor’ repeatedly. He said he left the contractor profession in 2009 itself and now was only an elected representative.
The Congress member made some personal remarks against Mr. Srinivas Yadav after the latter, during an intervention, said Mr. Rajagopal Reddy would always speak on contracts since he was a contractor. As part of debate on demands for grants, Mr. Rajagopal Reddy said large-scale corruption had taken place in irrigation and other major contract works in Telangana and he would prostrate before TRS leader in case his allegations were proved wrong.
