Hyderabad
The Telangana authorities for a second consecutive yr has denied governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan the chance to examine the state police’s ceremonial parade on Republic Day, amid the continuing rift between chief minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao and the Raj Bhavan, individuals aware of the matter mentioned.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) authorities has additionally determined towards the governor’s joint tackle to the state legislature on the graduation of the finances session on February 3, with the meeting secretariat saying the upcoming session is simply a continuation of the monsoon session adjourned in October 2021.
The event comes at a time when governors and chief ministers in a number of non-Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) dominated states, similar to Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Punjab and Jharkhand, are pitted towards one another. Earlier this month, a political row erupted in Tamil Nadu when governor RN Ravi skipped parts of his speech through the tackle to the state meeting about achievements of the state authorities on governance and implementing Dravidian insurance policies.
The Telangana authorities, in a communication despatched to the governor on Monday, requested her to limit the flag hoisting occasion and different formalities of the Republic Day celebrations to Raj Bhavan. The state authorities cited “Covid-19 restrictions” as the explanation for the cancellation of the ceremonial parade and the governor’s tackle on the Secunderabad Parade Grounds on January 26 this yr.
It successfully means there shall be no ceremonial parade and guard of honour for the governor on January 26 this yr, a senior Raj Bhavan official instructed HT.
“Final yr, too, the governor had been denied the chance to examine the ceremonial parade and obtain the guard of honour, on the pretext of risk from Omicron variant of Coronavirus, although there have been no such restrictions in different states,” a senior Raj Bhavan official instructed HT, requesting anonymity.
To make sure, there was no instructions from the Union authorities this yr with regard to following Covid-19 protocols for public gatherings, significantly Republic Day celebrations.
“There has not even been any response from the federal government to her letter written a fortnight in the past in search of the ready textual content for the speech to be learn out on the Republic Day,” the official mentioned.
Whereas state legislative affairs minister Vemula Prashant Reddy didn’t reply to cellphone requires a remark, the Raj Bhavan official mentioned the “governor was terribly upset” with the event.
“That is atrocious. How can the federal government apply the Covid-19 restrictions solely to the governor?” the official mentioned, quoting the governor. “It was solely final week that the chief minister addressed an enormous public assembly with 5 lakh (500,000) individuals at Khammam to focus on Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s nationwide agenda. Why had been Covid-19 restrictions not utilized for a similar?”
KCR, because the chief minister is popularly known as, performed a ceremonial parade and guard of honour at Golkonda Fort on the event of seventy fifth Independence Day, the official mentioned. “The celebrations had been attended by 1000’s of individuals and there have been no restrictions by any means.”
The governor has additionally been denied the customary tackle of the joint session of the state legislature on the graduation of the finances session on February 3.
On Saturday, the meeting secretariat issued a notification, saying the “fourth assembly of the eighth session of the state meeting would start on February 3”. It successfully means the forthcoming session is simply a continuation of the monsoon session of the legislature, which was adjourned on October 8, 2021.
“This was additionally performed to insult the governor and deny her the protocol,” the Raj Bhavan official mentioned.
The variations between the governor and KCR first got here to the fore in August 2021, when Tamilisai Soundararajan refused to simply accept the federal government’s proposal nominating ruling celebration’s chief P Kaushik Reddy for the MLC seat beneath the Governor’s quota on the bottom that he didn’t match into the social service class.
The launch of a recommendations and grievances field at Raj Bhavan on January 1 final yr, for the widespread individuals to precise their grievances towards the federal government, was additionally not taken kindly by KCR. Leaders of the ruling BRS have criticised the identical on a number of events.
The BRS dispensation has additionally denied the governor from utilizing the federal government’s helicopter throughout her public excursions, such because the Sammakka Saralamma occasion at Medaram in Mulugu district and Bhadrachalam tour to examine the flood-affected areas. District officers had been additionally requested to not obtain her or see her off.
The governor has overtly expressed her displeasure on the chief minister and the state authorities a number of occasions on varied points and every time, BRS leaders reacted strongly and accused her of being an “agent” of the Centre and the BJP.
Telangana BJP spokesperson NV Subhash mentioned it was a transparent case of private vengeance by the Telangana authorities towards the governor. “All types of restrictions are imposed just for the governor and the opposition events. By denying the chance to the governor to examine the ceremonial parade, KCR has insulted the establishment of the governor and confirmed utter disregard to a girl governor,” he alleged.