Komatireddy Venkata Reddy

Hyderabad: Dismissing the show cause notice he had received as a “routine affair” in the party, senior Congress legislator Komatireddy Venkata Reddy on Monday said that he would submit his reply to the AICC and not the TPCC.

Speaking to newsmen here, Mr Venkata Reddy wondered why notices were not served to former Union minister Sarve Satyanarayana and MP Palvai Govardhan Reddy, or other Congress leaders, when they had repeatedly criticised CLP leader K. Jana Reddy.

“This is a clear case of discrimination. I am not liked by PCC chief Uttam Kumar Reddy,” he said. Terming Congress “an ocean”, he said that such kind of notices or allegations are not new in the party.

Mr Venkata Reddy asked  Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao not to take lightly the KRMB’s recommendation to the Centre seeking notification to take all irrigation projects under its control.

“Instead of writing letters and keeping quiet, it would be prudent for the CM to personally meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and water resources minister Uma Bharathi to exert pressure on them not to go ahead with the notification, he said.

“The KRMB is working to see AP interests are served, rather than remaining an impartial body,” he alleged. He said that without allocation of water to various projects it was not desirable to bring all projects under control of KRMB which is firm acting in favour of AP.