MPs who boycott will be considered as traitors: Venkatesh

The  Telangana MPs who are planning to boycott the dinner which is  being  hosted by the Union minister and party State Affairs in-charge, Veerappa Moily, on Thursday to the State MPs would be considered as “anti-nationals”, Congress MLA from Rayalaseema, T G Venkatesh said.

Addressing the press at the Media Point in the Secretariat, Venkatesh told  reporters that Verappa Moily has invited the State MPs for dinner where all issues pertaining to the State would come up. Referring to the Telangana MPs contemplating to stay away from the dinner in protest against the terming of Telangana protagonists as “traitors” (anti-nationals) by the Seemandhra ministers before the Justice B N Srikrishna Committee on bifurcation,  Venkatesh found fault with the behaviour of the Telangana MPs over the dinner boycott proposal.

It’s just not the Telangana  issue but other issues also  could be discussed at the dinner meeting. The Telangana MPs also have the responsibility to take part in the discussions, he opined.

Evers since the Telangana agitation  has  come up, the developmental activities have come to a standstill in the State due to the unrest prevailing in the State for the past few months, he pointed out.

The Rayalaseema  leader  alleged that the provocative statements made by the Telangana leaders and the Srikrishna Committee members during their visit to Rayalaseema instigated the people to destroy the sluice plates of the Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme (RDS).

 “ I am not supporting the destruction of the RDS sluice plates as it was a wrong action. But the provocative statements were also equally responsible for the unpleasant incident”, he felt.