Congress reaches out to the Chief Electoral Officer to reject nomination of Venkatrami Reddy as MLC

The former Siddipet Collector P. Venkatrami Reddy filed as the TRS nominee in the MLC elections just two days after his resignation from the IAS.

The Telangana Congress has represented to the Returning Officer of Telangana Legislative Council elections to reject the nomination of former , who filed as the TRS nominee in the MLC elections just two days after his resignation from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

In a letter submitted to the Returning Officer, the TPCC president, A. Revanth Reddy; CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka, former Minister, Mohd. Shabbir Ali and others urged him to reject the nomination as Mr. Venkatrami Reddy violated the All India Sevice rules by not furnishing details of his assets and liabilities as per the All India Service (Conduct) rules 1968, Lokpal and Lokayukta Act 2013 and Public Servant (Furnishing of Information and Annul Returns of Assts and Liabilities and limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules 2014.

The Congress leaders argued that Mr. Venkatrami Reddy has misused his public office and the Courts too had admonished him. They said there was a need for a detailed enquiry against him by the Central Vigilance Commission and Central Investigating agencies. “A public servant who had close proximity and nexus with the ruling party while performing his duties should not be allowed to contest as MLC when there are serious allegations against him,”, the letter stated.