Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Thammineni Seetharam was angry when mediapersons here sought his reaction on May 21 (Sunday), on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) issuing notices to YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Kadapa Member of Parliament Y.S. Avinash Reddy in the murder case of former MP Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy.
Mr. Seetharam, who had come to Srisailam for darshan of the presiding deities Goddess Bhramaramba and Lord Mallikarjuna Swamy, sneeringly told the media outside the temple complex that “if Mr. Avinash flees, the CBI will take care of it. Why should you or I be bothered about it.”
“The Kadapa MP’s role in the murder case will be probed by the CBI. Should everything be told to the media? Are you the CBI chief or what?” Mr. Seetharam quipped.
In a dig at TDP national general secretary N. Lokesh (who is on a padayatra), the Speaker said he was unable to speak even his native language.
While expressing confidence that the YSRCP would make a clean sweep of all the 175 Assembly seats in the elections, Mr. Seetharam said Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy would take a call on whether to go for early elections or not.
Earlier, Mr. Seetharam and his wife were accorded a traditional welcome by the temple authorities on their arrival. The visiting dignitaries later participated in the ‘rudrabhishekam and kumkumarchana’ rituals. The temple staff later presented them prasadam.
