AP Assembly 24-02-12: Kanna War of Words With Gali

AP Assembly 24-02-12: The debate on liquor syndicates is in progress in the assembly. Minister Kanna Laxminarayana is representing the government and member Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu is speaking on behalf of the main opposition party, the TDP.

Senior TDP leader Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu, who is in possession of reportedly a unofficial copy of the ACB remand report, accused the government of failure on all fronts and termed it a corrupt government. He questioned, why the tainted excise minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, whose name figured in the ACB report for taking bribes from sindicates, is still continuing in job. Why the chief minister hasn't dismissed him till now. Why PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana is continuing in office, when he himself has admitted that his family members own 31 liquor shops and their name too figured in the report.

Minister Kanna Laxminarayana replied that the matter was still sub-judice and it was for the court to decide whether Mopidevi has done anything wrong. "How can a minister be sacked basing on the statement of a person with criminal background and moreover the issue still is in court," asked the minister.