Privilege move to be dropped

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, APRIL 16. A privilege notice given by two Congress(I) MLAs from Medak district against AP Transco officials for allegedly humiliating them will be withdrawn following a public apology tendered by the latter.

Mr. P. Kista Reddy and Mr. Mohd. Fareeduddin, who represent Narayankhed and Zaheerabad constituencies respectively, had given the notice against the top brass of AP Transco in Medak district for their failure to attend the inauguration of a 33/11 KV sub- station at Mettalkunta village at Nelpally mandal on April 11.

The MLAs alleged that the officials had boycotted the function at the instance of the former TDP MLA, Mr. Vijaypal Reddy, and the Minister for Higher Education, Mr. Karanam Ramachander Rao. After waiting for four hours, the Narayankhed MLA inaugurated the sub- station and left.

At a press conference here on Monday, Mr. P. Atchi Reddy, Superintending Engineer (Operations), Mr. C. Ramachander, DE, Sangareddy, Mr. K. Narsimulu, Additional DE, and Mr. D. Rajaiah, Asst. Engineer, Adnoor, expressed regrets for the incident, and said that they would avoid repetition of such actions in future.

They attributed the episode to a communication gap with the Congress MLAs. The function had been postponed because the Managing Director of the Power Distribution Corporation, Mr. Gandhi, had to attend court in connection with a contempt case. The ADE was asked to inform the MLAs about the postponement but, apparently, the message did not reach them.

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