Hyderabad, Jun 12 (UNI) Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivasa Reddy accepted the resignation of Senior TRs leader and former health minister Eatala Rajender, who tendered his resignation as MLA on Saturday morning.
Eatala’s resignation paves the way for another by-election in the state and also decks cleared for his (Eatala) joining in BJP on June 14.
In a notification, Secretary to State Legislature Dr V Narasimha Charyulu said that Eatala Rajendar, an elected member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from 31-Huzurabad Assembly Constituency has resigned to his seat in the Telangana Legislative Assembly with effect from the June 12,2021.
Consequently a vacancy has arisen to Huzurabad Assembly Constituency, the Notification added.
The same was conveyed to the Election Commission of India and also to the State Chief Electoral Officer.
Earlier in the day after paying tributes to Telangana martyrs at Gun Park near Assembly, along with larger of his followers, Rajedner, who represents Huzurabad Assembly constituency, has tendered his resignation letter to the State Legislature Secretary as the Speaker was not not available in the office due to Covid.
In his letter addressed to the Speaker, Rajendar, one of the senior leader of the ruling TRS, who represents Huzurabad Assembly constituency stated ” I do hereby tender my resignation of my seat in the house with effect from June 12,2021.'
Before submitting his resignation letter, Rajender told reporters ‘ our agenda was to make Telangana a free State from the clutches of Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), who was a dictator.
He said he has been in politics for the past 20-years and worked for welfare of the people whether he was in power or not and he would continue to do it now.
CM KCR has crores of rupees and he will spend to win in the election by misusing the official machinery, he alleged.
The upcoming Huzurabad assembly bypoll will be between ’dharma’ and ‘adharma’ and it would be 'Kurukshaetra', he told reporters.
The former Minister said the ruling party wants to win the election by resorting to misusing power but the people of the constituency were with him.
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