Dissatisfied K R Amos Quits Panels

Expressing dissatisfaction and unhappiness over the attitude of Legislative Council Chairman A Chakrapani in appointing members to various committees, Telangana Congress MLC K R Amos, on Wednesday, submitted his resignation from both the Ethics and the Estimate committees.

Talking to media persons in the Assembly premises, Amos criticized the "attitude" of Dr. Chakrapani in not giving preference to seniors while appointing committees members.

Alleging that injustice was meted out to the Telangana region in these appointments, he said that R Chakrapani had insulted senior members of the Council by giving priority to juniors in committee posts, particularly to members who were from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.

"Dr. Chakrapani is discriminating againt senior leaders in awarding committee chairmens' posts, as they belong to the Telangana region," he said.

Raising objections over appointing first-time Council member M S Prabhakar as chairman of the Ethics Committee, Amos said that he would raise this issue with the party High Command and seek justice.

MLCs Kanakula Janardhan Reddy and Yadav Reddy also expressed displeasure over the appointments, and wanted the party High Command to do justice to Telangana MLCs in the committees. (INN)