Telangana Rashtra Samithi working president and state IT minister K T Rama Rao refuted the charge of Governor Tamilisai Soundarrajan that the state government was insulting her and the institution of Governor.
Taking a dig at the Governor for her comments against the KCR government before the media, KTR said both the Telangana government and the TRS had immense respect for the Governor’s office.
“The State government has never insulted Tamilisai Soundararajan and if she feels that way, it is her sheer imagination,” he said.
“We never disrespected the Governor. We always gave the respect due to her on all occasions, but Tamilisai too should play the role and behave like a Governor,” the minister said.
He found fault with the Governor for stating that she being targeted for rejecting the nomination of Kaushik Reddy as an MLA.
“It is inappropriate on her part to reject the nomination of Kaushik Reddy for the MLC post due to his political background. Before becoming the Governor, Tamilisai herself had served as Tamil Nadu State president of BJP. How is it justifiable that a person with political background can be appointed Governor but the same norm can’t be applied for another to be nominated as MLC under Governor’s quota?” he questioned.
Pointing out that the State government never faced any issues with ESL Narasimhan when he served as Governor, KTR said the state government, in the same way, had no issues with Tamilisai Soundarajan.
“We can’t help it if she imagines having issues with her government. If she believes that she has been insulted, she must be specific about when, where and how she was really insulted,” he said, adding that the BJP government at the Centre was known to use such diversion tactics when it could not address prevailing issues.