HYDERABAD: Making it clear that his government will announce its stand on Operation Kagar once the party high command takes a decision, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday opined that there should be a nationwide discussion on the issue.
It may be recalled that the Peace Dialogue Committee met the chief minister and requested him to take the initiative for holding peace talks between the Maoists and the Central government.
Following that, the chief minister met government adviser K Keshava Rao and former minister K Jana Reddy and discussed the committee’s demand for peace talks with Maoists.
In an informal conversation with reporters later, Revanth responded to the BRS’s public meeting on Sunday by saying: “KCR (former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao) is feeling insecure. Neither is there any clarity nor anything new in his speech. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and KCR will speak as per their political needs.”
He added that people speak about administration only six months before elections. “I am receiving demands to arrest BRS leaders. However, I will act as per the law,” the chief minister asserted.
Admitting that the Congress government has been lagging in implementing some works, he stated there was a need to expedite implementation of schemes. Revanth stated that they have streamlined the administration and are continuing with some officials in key posts due to lack of options.
“We are lagging behind in publicising the work done in the last 15 months,” Revanth added.
‘No gap between me and Rahul’
“It is not good for some MLAs to sit in Hyderabad and pass the time. They should go to the people and publicise the schemes being implemented by our government,” Revanth said.
He stressed that leaders should be patient for posts and positions or else they will lose opportunities. “There is a good relationship between me and Rahul Gandhi. It is not true that there is a gap between us,” he stressed, in response to a query.