Now that his godfather Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is no more, Minister for Major Irrigation Ponnala Lakshmaiah is under attack from all sides, not only from the opposition parties, but also from within the Congress.
While Ponnala was admitted to hospital with complaints of dengue fever, his rivals stepped up attack on him for alleged indifferent attitude when unprecedented floods wreaked havoc in Mahbubnagar, Kurnool, Krishna and Guntur districts. However, sources close to the minister say he was indeed suffering from dengue fever and was in a helpless condition. “In spite of his sickness, he monitored flood releases from time to time, giving instructions to the department people,” they said.
He has two groups in Warangal Congress: one led by minister for women and child welfare Konda Surekha and her MLC-husband Konda Murali, who are trying to take the district Congres under control; another group led by Bhupalpalli MLA and DCC president G Venkataramana Reddy. Both the groups are of the view that Ponnala had made huge money through irrigation project contracts; and that they had no such chance. Now that YSR is not there, they are trying to run him down, sources say.
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