Chief Minister K Rosaiah complimented the Telugu Desam MLAs for taking up the Babli issue. But at the same time the CM said they should have taken up the issue much earlier.
The manner in which the Maharastra government treated the TDP legislators is not worth mentioning. They ill treated them, the CM added.
Indicating that the TDP had taken up the Babli issue with a selfish motive, the CM observed, ``had there been no by-elections, the TDP would not have taken up the issue so vigorously.''
The Government of Maharashtra called for tenders during the Telugu Desam regime. Had the party responded at that time the movement should have been appreciated by all.