Telangana Governor C P Radhakrishnan had assured a BRS delegation that he would look into the issue of defections in the state and act according to the provisions within the purview of his office.
BRS delegation led by party executive president K T Rama Rao met the governor on Saturday and explained to him the issue of defections being encouraged by the Congress leadership from the BRS party. So far, they said that 10 MLAs and eight MLCs of the BRS had joined the Congress.
They complained that the provisions of the anti-defection law were being undermined. The Khairatabad MLA who had won the assembly polls as a nominee of the BRS party, had contested the parliamentary polls on a Congress ticket, they added.
Responding positively on three key issues represented by the BRS Governor assured them that he would discuss these concerns with the Home Secretary of the State before writing to the government.
Later, KTR told the media that the Governor was apprised of the way the unemployed youths were being treated in the State for staging protests denouncing the failure of the Congress government in fulfilling its promises in the job front. He was also informed about the attacks on the students in Osmania University campus and at the City Central Library.
They also brought to the notice of the Governor the instances of protocol violation being committed by the ruling party undermining the importance of the MLAs and MLCs of the BRS. Governor assured the delegation that he would write to the government on the issue soon.
KTR said that students who had lost hope on the assurance of the Congress to provide 2 lakh jobs in the first year were staging protests. Some of them were staging demonstrations in New Delhi also. He deplored that there was neither a job calendar nor any job notification from the government so far.
He recalled that the issue of notification for jobs under Group 1, Group II and Group III had taken a back seat. The former minister said that all the pressing issues being faced by the people in the State would be represented to the President of India and heads of other institutions concerned.