Speaking to the media after submitting his resignation to Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy, Jupally Krishna Rao said :
” I was given ticket by Congress Party and so, I have given my resignation to CM and will send the same to Sonia Gandhi. I’m resigning to my ministerial post. When all the MLAs have boycotted the assembly, how can I continue to be in the assembly as a minister? I’ve already promised that I would resign last year and today I’m just walking my talk. I’m demanding a time bound process for the formation of Telangana. It should be announced during this budget session. If not, I will go ahead and resign to my MLA post too. I might even do an indefinite fast for the cause. I still have faith in our leader Sonia Gandhi and I believe there would be a positive statement on Telangana during this budget session.”
Though we should appreciate him for this, one doubts the sanity in his resignation. If he really wants to resign, why can’t he submit his resignation to Governor? Why has he resigned to his ministerial post only? Why doesn’t he resign as MLA too? What’s pulling him behind? There are so many questions that are to be answered.
Another advantage of his resignation has been that Sushma Swaraj raised this point in parliament today saying ” the CM of Andhra pradesh did not get his salary, a minister has resigned, all the people are demanding Telangana in one voice, if the government decides to put a bill on Telangana in this budget session, we NDA, are ready to pass it”.
In any case, this would definitely bring pressure on other ministers. What other ministers have to say on this, is to be seen.
