Ponnala asks KCR to drag Centre to court

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Tuesday urged Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to drag the Central Government if it was doing any injustice to Telangana.

Speaking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan here, Ponnala referred to KCR's recent statement wherein he accused the Centre of neglecting Telangana State. He said if KCR was fully convinced that injustice was being meted out to Telangana by the Centre, then the State Government should immediately approach the court. He said being the Chairman of Southern States Council, KCR should seek the cooperation of other Chief Ministers to fight with the Centre.

Ponnala also questioned KCR for delaying the signing of MoU with Chattisgarh to buy 1,000 MW of power. He said if KCR was aware of the situation, then he should have reacted earlier. Further, he slammed the Chief Minister for not approach the court against the decision of Krishna River Management Board on power generation in Srisailam project.

The TPCC chief said that the Congress party would highlight the failures of TRS Government in both Legislative Assembly and Council.