Family Welfare Minister D L Ravindra Reddy, on Wednesday, reversed his decision to resign from the Cabinet in protest against the stripping of his portfolios.
Talking to reporters at the Congress Legislature Party office after meeting PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana, Ravindra Reddy said that he has restrained from taking "tough decisions" after talking to Botsa, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ahmed Patel.
"I feel back-stabbed, but I will not resign," he announced.
Stating that he would never resort to sycophancy to get the portfolios of his choice, he suspected that his refusal to allow corruption in the portfolios that he handled might be the reasons for him being stripped of those portfolios.
He maintained that the decision to change his portfolios was wrong, and sought an explanation for why the medical and health portfolio was first divided into 3 and then later made into a composite ministry.
Ravindra Reddy claimed that he was among the few leaders in the Congress who openly spoke against Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, and said that he felt that he was being punished for it.
He also demanded that the Congress party not give nominated posts to MLAs - they must be allotted to senior leaders in the party, he opined.
Minorities Welfare Minister Syed Ahmedullah and MLC Chengal Rao were also present during the press conference. (INN)