In a development that could once again precipitate the divisive regional conflicts within the state,the Saifabad police on Friday evening registered an FIR against 16 ministers for their alleged remarks while opposing the bifurcation of AP in their representation before the Srikrishna Committee on Aug.6. The 16 ministers hail from Andhra and Rayalaseema.
The cases were booked under Section 499 of the IPC (defamation),Section 500 (punishment for defamation) and Section 153 (A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion,race,language etc).The FIR was registered following a directive from First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Nampally,Shaik Peeria Ismail,on the basis of a complaint filed by the Telangana Advocates Joint Action Committee (TAJAC).
The 16 ministers are: Gade Venkata Reddy,Kanna Lakshminarayana,Dharmana Prasada Rao,Vatti Vasant Kumar,Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose,Anam Ramnarayana Reddy,Md Ahmadulla,Ramachandra Reddy,Galla Aruna Kumari,Mopidevi Venkataramana,Manikya Varaprasad,Balineni Srinivas Reddy,P Viswaroop,P Balaraju,Pitani Satyanarayana and Parthasaradhi.
In his complaint, TAJAC co-convenor T Sriranga Rao claimed that the ministers insulted the people of Telangana.According to him,in their Aug.6 representation to the Srikrishna Committee,the ministers described those seeking division in the name of self-rule and selfpride as anti-nationals.The ministers termed this as the most reprehensible ground for formation of a new state under Article 3 of the Constitution while urging the committee to rule against bifurcation,Sriranga claimed.They also described our aspirations as equivalent to waging a war against the Indian Union, Sriranga said.He also accused the ministers of criticising the Centre for appointing a committee to look into these anti-national demands.The petitioner,while batting for division,instead accused the ministers of creating a division among people by their demand to keep the state united.The complaint listed four members of the Srikrishna Committee VK Duggal,Ranbir Singh,Ravindar Kaur and Abusaleh Sharif as witnesses.Cops have been given time till Aug.28 to file a report.The ministers alleged statement had come in handy for the TRS which recently created a furore.TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao even trooped down to meet governor ESL Narasimhan two days ago to press for their removal from the state cabinet.The ministers,however,have insisted that they never made the remarks attributed to them.
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The cases were booked under IPC Section 499 (defamation),Section 500 (punishment for defamation) and Section 153 (A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion,race,language etc)
The 16 ministers are: Gade Venkata Reddy,Kanna Lakshminarayana,Dharmana Prasada Rao,Vatti Vasant Kumar,Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose,Anam Ramnarayana Reddy,Md Ahmadulla,Ramachandra Reddy,Galla Aruna Kumari,Mopidevi Venkataramana,Manikya Varaprasad,Balineni Srinivas Reddy,P Viswaroop,P Balaraju,Pitani Satyanarayana and Parthasaradhi
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