Chennai:
Union
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Panabaaka Lakshmi on Saturday defended
the Congress for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and ruled out her resignation to
protest against the Cabinet’s nod to the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and
formation of Telangana.
“I
don’t want to resign. That is their decision. I am Congress worker. I will
oblige my High Command decision,” replied the minister to a query on whether
she would toe the line of many of her colleagues who tendered their
resignations over the issue.
The
minister was in the city to roll out the sale of 5kg LPG cooking gas cylinders
at petrol pumps and launching
portability
of LPG connections across oil marketing companies.
The
5kg LPG cooking gas would be available at market price of Rs 504 in select
petrol pumps in the country, while
existing
LPG customers may opt to switch over to another
company
using portability, the minister said.
Terming
the indefinite fast undertaken by YSR Congress party Chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy
as a political stunt, she said earlier he made a statement that he was for
Telangana and now from Andhra Pradesh he is declaring to go on an indefinite
fast, she said. She also hit out at TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu stating that
he was the first to give a letter seeking Telangana.” Lakshmi told reporters.
However,
she refused to divulge any details about her stance on the Telangana issue. “It
is a sensitive issue. Telangana and Andhra are eyes to the Party. You have to
take care of both,” she said.
She
said the Congress took the decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh only after TDP,
YSR, BJP and Communist parties
backed
it.
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