Eatala’s strategy is to let things take their own course
The Hindu
The former Minister wants to wait for outcome of the enquiry report and then take legal opinion, say followers
After being stripped of the Health Ministry and the government stepping up its efforts to corner him with the enquiry report on land grabbing, MLA Eatala Rajender is waiting for the next move of the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. Will the episode end with the Ministry taken away or will he also be asked to resign as the MLA, or will the government further probe into other land dealings is what haunts Mr. Rajender. He seems to adopt the watch and wait approach and let things happen at their own pace rather than he pushing for some drastic action to be taken by the Chief Minister, not only from the government but also as the head of the TRS party. The next big development, he feels, might be the effort to suspend him from the party and then ensure his removal as MLA with anti-party activities attributed to him. If the developments reach that stage, he may prefer to let them happen rather than he himself taking the first step. Mr Rajender indicated the same to his followers and hundreds of supporters from his Huzurabad constituency. TRS party workers, sympathisers and his followers met him at his farm house near Shamirpet expressing their sympathy and support for him. Some of them became emotional as well, seeing their favourite leader facing the biggest political crisis of his life. And that the crisis was a result of their own party going after the Minister.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.