No ‘match-fixing’ deal to suppress Telangana issue: Rosaiah

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah on Monday mocked at the allegation that he and Leader of Opposition N. Chandrababu Naidu had entered into a ‘match-fixing’ deal to suppress the Telangana issue from being raised in the State Assembly.

Former Minister and senior Congress leader T. Jeevan Reddy, who has of late been vociferous in demanding a separate state, alleged that Mr. Rosaiah and Mr. Naidu had entered into a match-fixing deal to stifle the Telangana voice in the ongoing Budget session of State Assembly.

“Chandrababu is a young man, like my predecessor Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. I am unlike him. Any match is played between people of the same age group. I can neither play matches nor fix them,” said the Chief Minister.

Mr. Rosaiah, however, lamented that responsible leaders in the party were levelling such allegations on issues that ought to be discussed “within the four walls.” “Our party high command will take care of such people,” he said.

Mr. Rosaiah was in Vizianagaram on Monday as part of his two-day official trip to north coastal Andhra to initiate various development works.