Telangana TDP leaders have demanded the dismissal of Commercial Taxes Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav from the State Cabinet.
Led by L Ramana and Errabelli Dayakar Rao, a delegation of TDP legislators on Tuesday called on Governor E S L Narasimhan at the Raj Bhavan and demanded that Talasani be dismissed from the Cabinet with immediate effect.
Speaking to media persons later, Errabelli said that although Talasani had claimed that he had resigned from the post of Sanathnagar MLA before taking oath as a minister on December 16, there was no clarity on whether or not his resignation had been accepted by Speaker S Madhusudhana Chary.
Errabelli said that Talasani's induction into the Cabinet before the acceptance of his resignation was illegal and unconstitutional.
Finding fault with the Governor, he said that Narasimhan should have cross-checked on Talasani's resignation before administering him oath as a minister.
Since Talasani was elected on a TDP ticket, his induction into the Cabinet of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was wrong, Errabelli added.
The TDP leader accused the Chief Minister and Talasani of flouting the rules with impugnity. He demanded that Talasani be dismissed with immediate effect, and that the Chief Minister re-induct him only after the acceptance of his resignation. (INN)