Asserting that he would attend the Odarpu Yatra at any cost, Minister for Mines Balineni Srinivas Reddy on Thursday said that his Cabinet post is temporary but that his relationhip with the YSR family is permanent.
Talking to media persons, the minister said that Chief Minister K Rosaiah had telephoned him to convey the message of the Congress high command directing him not to attend the next phase of Odarpu Yatra, scheduled to begin on September 3.
Balineni said that Rosaiah had spoken on behalf of Ahmed Patel, the political advisor to Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
The minister revealed that he had patiently listened to Rosaiah and then explained his special relationship with the YSR family.
Rosaiah then told him that it would be 'nice of him not to attend the Odarpu Yatra,' according to the minister.
The minister said that he had told the CM that he would attend the Yatra at all costs and try to make it a grand success.