The new cabinet of Kiran Kumar Reddy does not figure the name of JC Diwakar Reddy. JC was dropped by YS Rajashekar Reddy and he has been trying ever since to get back into the ministry.
JC moved closely with Rosaiah in the hope of getting a ministry but the high command never gave a chance to Rosaiah to reshuffle the cabinet.
Now Kiran Kumar Reddy too has given a hand to JC Diwakar Reddy.
2011/9/30 6:59:19 Senior Congress leader and former minister JC Diwakar Reddy on Friday demanded that the tainted ministers should resign from the cabinet.
Talking to reporters, Diwakar Reddy praised Textiles Minister Dr P Shankar Rao for 'exposing' the corrupt ministers while referring to the allegations that Dr Rao has levelled against Home Minister P Sabitha Reddy and Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana recently. He indirectly blamed the allegedly tainted ministers for not resigning from their posts.
Diwakar Reddy recalled that during Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy's tenure, the then ministers resigned following some allegations of corruption in their departments owing moral responsibility. "They had enough strength to offer their resignations," he said.
Diwakar Reddy also accused Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao of being responsible for the attacks on Seemandhra leaders and officials. He alleged that KCR was responsible for torching of the bus belonging to his company Diwakar Travels on Thursday night. He said Seemandhra people and their properties are not safe in Hyderabad.
"Our fears have come true," he said adding that the Telangana leaders have lost control over their activists who are now indulging in open violence against the Seemandhra people. (INN)
2011/9/29 5:48:31 Former minister and senior Congress leader JC Diwakar Reddy on Thursday reiterated that he was in favour of United Andhra Pradesh. However, he said he would abide the decision of Congress High Command on the issue of separate Telangana.
Talking to reporters, Diwakar Reddy said that the proposal of Rayal Telangana did not come either from the Centre or the High Command. However, he said the proposal could be discussed if officially proposed. He suggested that the state having both Tungabhadra and Krishna rivers would prosper and without these two major rivers, no state could be imagined.
Diwakar Reddy appealed that the Congress leaders must wait for the decision of the Congress High Command on the issue and abide by it. (INN)
2011/10/10 6:35:25 Former minister JC Diwakar Reddy reiterated that the Congress leaders would accept the decision taken by the party High Command on the Telangana issue.
Talking to reporters here on Monday, Diwakar Reddy said that there was no need for further consultations on the issue with any leaders. Referring to Union Health Minister and Congress state-incharge Ghulam Nabi Azad's statement saying that another round of consultation would be required to resolve the issue, Diwakar Reddy said that the Centre and Congress High Command were fully aware of the facts and opinions from both the sides. Therefore, further consultation should be avoided and the Centre must announce its decision on the Telangana issue.
Diwakar Reddy praised Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana for having succesful delibrations with the RTC employees' union that subsequently led to the withdrawal of strike by the National Mazdoor Union. He also denied reports that the Chief Minister was rebuked by the High Command for alleged mishandling of the general strike situation. (INN)
2011/11/16 17:22:45 Former Minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Wednesday termed the on-going consultation on Telangana state formation as 'waste of time’.
Talking to media persons at Congress Legislature Party Office, Diwakar Reddy said that the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has clearly announced that the Andhra Pradesh would not be divided without reaching consensus on the controversial Telangana statehood issue. Even after the Prime Minister's statement, he said there was no point in continuing the discussion on Telangana.
The former minister said that the discussion on whether or not the Centre would constitute second States Reorganization Commission has become irrelevant now, especially after the Prime Minister's statement. He expressed confidence that the Congress leaders, who quit the party on Telangana issue, would rejoin soon.
Diwakar Reddy also said that there would be no impact on the State even after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati introduces a resolution in the assembly to divide her State into four parts. He said the decision of the Prime Minister was important for the division of a state. (INN)
2012/2/28 6:19:44 Former Congress minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Tuesday hailed the Centre’s proposed move to establish Regional Councils with complete financial autonomy.
Talking to media persons, he said that the Regional Councils with special financial packages would help in the development of backward areas. Responding to demand for Telangana State, he said that the Centre would focus its attention on this issue only after completion of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and by-elections in the State. He expressed confidence that the position of Congress would improve in the by-elections.
Diwakar Reddy said that the Chief Minister was confident of winning two constituencies –Mahbubnagar and Nagarkurnool in the by-elections. (INN)
2012/3/28 6:56:36 Former Congress minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Wednesday said that the political leaders from Kurnool and Anantapur districts were in favour of Rayala-Telangana State.
Talking to media persons in the Assembly premises, Diwakar Reddy said that the Rayalaseema leaders were in favour of formation of Rayala-Telangana although the coastal Andhra leaders were opposed to the bifurcation of the State. He said that he would take up this proposal before the Congress High Command in New Delhi after consulting all leaders from the region.
Even the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, MIM and left parties were also in favour of this proposal, he claimed. Apart from solving the water problem, he said that backward Anantapur and Kurnool district would be developed with the merger in Telangana only.
Responding to a question, Diwakar Reddy said that Opposition Telugu Desam party president N Chandrababu Naidu did not respond favourably to this proposal. In the event of bifurcation of state, he predicted that the TDP would completely wipe out from the State. (INN)
'Diwakar Travels' owned by former Minister JC Diwakar Reddy and his brother JC Prabhakar Reddy is operating luxurious Volvo bus services between Hyderabad and many destinations in the state.
Some unidentified miscreants who come on two wheelers have set fire to one of their Volvo buses numbered AP-02-TA-0378 when it came on to road from its Bachupalli garage in Hyderabad on Thursday night. The miscreants sprinkled petrol on the vehicle and set fire to it when the driver and cleaner were inside the bus. Soon after the bus engulfed in the flames they flee away from the location. The driver and cleaner have jumped out of the bus and escaped from death.
According to driver and cleaner they are total 8 persons came on two wheelers and set fire to the bus. Diwakar Travels management has registered a case in Dindigal Police station.
Diwakar Reddy's brother Prabhakar Reddy speaking to media has blamed KCR for this. He said, "If we really want to cross swords with KCR we can beat him black and blue at Hyderabad itself, but we refrain from such activities to avert further tensions. We oppose bifurcation of the state and we won't withdraw from our stand fearing any kind of attacks like this. We will fight for Samaikyandhra."
2011/9/30 7:08:48 Senior Congress leader J C Diwakar Reddy’s brother J C Prabhakar Reddy on Friday warned that people of Rayalaseema were capable of 'teaching a fitting lesson' to Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao in the state capital Hyderabad itself.
Reacting to the torching of a bus belonging to their company Diwakar Travels, Prabhakar Reddy told reporters that the Rayalaseema people would not be apprehensive due to torching of Seemandhra buses by Telangana activists. He said that Seemandhra people would not cow down to pressure tactics and disassociate themselves from integrated state.
Warning the TRS chief of serious consequences if he did not mend his ways, he said that the people of region would teach a fitting lesson to KCR in Hyderabad itself.
According to reports, the bus belonging to Diwakar Travels owned by J C Diwakar Reddy was torched allegedly by eight Telangana activists on Thursday night at Bachupalli crossroads. The bus was heading towards Vijayawada from Hyderabad. Dundigal police have registered a case in this connection.
Prabhakar Reddy feared that the lives and properties of Seemandhra people would not be safe in the event of division of state. (INN)
2011/12/12 14:35:53 Former minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Monday stated that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has emerged stronger after facing the No Confidence Motion in the State Legislative Assembly.
Talking to media persons at the Congress Legislature Party Office, Diwakar Reddy said that the No Trust Motion introduced by Telugu Desam Party proved that there was no threat to the Kiran Kumar Reddy Government. He expressed confidence that the Chief Minister would complete his remaining tenure uninterruptedly till 2014.
Diwakar Reddy demanded immediate disciplinary action against 16 MLAs who voted in favour of the motion violating the party whip. He expressed confidence that the Congress candidates would win in all the constituencies, where the by-elections would be held due to disqualification of rebel group MLAs. He said no sympathy wave of YS Rajasekhara Reddy was prevailing in the constituencies where the by-elections are likely to be held.
The former minister also ruled out the possibilities of rebel MLAs rejoining the Congress party. (INN)
2011/11/28 12:20:39 Former minister JC Diwakar Reddy on Monday stated that no government would survive even for 10 days if it practices moral-based politics.
Talking to reporters at the Congress Legislature Party Office, Diwakar Reddy expressed concern over the loss of moral values in politics. He was referring to the cases being filed against the government in different courts by the opposition leaders on various allegations of corruption. Without naming the Congress or other parties, he said that the practice of giving resignation on the allegations of corruption has become obsolete these days.
The former minister said that the politics during the tenure of Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy was moral based wherein the ministers used to resign on the allegations of irregularities. If the same moral-based politics is practised now, no party will be able to run the government even for 10 days, he said.
Diwakar Reddy also criticised the role being played by the media in reporting political allegations. Reacting on reports published by some newspapers about the involvement of former chief minister K Rosaiah in the Power Purchase Agreements based on the allegations levelled by some TDP leaders, he said that the media should have cross-checked the facts before publishing such reports.
2011/6/23 9:45:08 Former minister and senior Congress leader J C Diwakar Reddy on Thursday stated that he was willing to put a wager of Rs 1 lakh that YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy could not topple the N Kiran Kumar Reddy government.
Talking to media persons on the Assembly premises, Mr Diwakar Reddy said that there was no chance of the government collapsing and added that he would ready to bet Rs 1 lakh that no one could collapse Kiran Kumar Reddy government.
Admitting that while the death of former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy was a major loss, the former minister said Mr Jaganmohan Reddy’s quitting the Congress was not a setback.
“The Congress party will recover from the loss of Dr YSR and its past glory would be revived,” he said.
Stating that some Congress leaders are behaving like a cat on the wall, Mr Diwakar Reddy said that if the party was not in power, these leaders would have joined YSR Congress Party.
“Some district leaders were joining Mr Jaganmohan Reddy after witnessing his thumping win in the by-elections despite deploying of large number of Ministers for campaigning,” he admitted.
“However some leaders are continuing on in the Congress to complete their pending works through government and to enjoy Ministers’ posts,” the former minister stated.
Admitting that some section of Congress leaders in Anantapur district are supporting the Jagan’s Odarpu yatra, he said “I am a loyal Congress worker and never cooperate with him”.
When asked whether he would join the YSR Congress Party since his services are not recognised in the party, Mr Diwakar Reddy avoided answering by laughing off the question.
He added that he would represent the opinion of Seemandhra leaders on the contentious issue of bifurcation before the High Command. (INN)
Members caught sitting during National Anthem, make amends
2011/6/4 2:53:59 Confusion reigned at the start of the seventh Session of the 13th Legislative Assembly, so much so that the MLAs, including Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Leader of the Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu were seen sitting even as the National Anthem started to be played inside the House.
Pro-tem Speaker JC Diwakar Reddy noticed the inadvertent error by most of the Members and alerted the Members who seemingly did not notice that the National Anthem was being played.
The prompting by the Pro-tem Speaker immediately had the desired effect and the Legislators stood up in respect of the National Anthem, which was restarted.
Later, Mr Diwakar Reddy was taken to task by Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu for ‘forgetting’ to announce his party candidate K E Krishnamurthy for the Speaker’s post.
Mr Naidu condemned the Pro-tem Speaker’s ‘unilateral’ decision and voiced his strong objects.
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy intervened and this prompted Mr Diwakar Reddy to admit his mistake and announce the name of Mr Krishnamurthy as the opposition candidate.
Mr Naidu also objected to Mr Diwakar Reddy’s sudden decision to conduct the election for the Speaker’s post through an open ballot method instead of secret ballot method as per the notification issued earlier.
YSR alone responsible for his Cabinet’s decision: JC
2011/8/2 8:53:38 Senior Congress leader and former minister JC Diwakar Reddy on Tuesday stated that former chief minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy would be held responsible for decisions taken by his Cabinet during his tenure.
Talking to media persons at the Assembly premises, Mr Diwakar Reddy stated that the Cabinet Ministers would not be held responsible for the decisions taken by the Chief Minister.
The former minister’s statement comes in the wake of the state High Court ordering the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe into illegal land allotments which took place during the tenure of former chief minister Dr YSR.
Mr Diwakar Reddy also found fault in the statement of YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy that the Chief Minister could not be held responsible for the decisions taken by Cabinet collectively.
“The Chief Minister is responsible for all decisions taken by the Cabinet since he is the Head of the Government,” the former minister said, pointing out that he had opposed to implementation of Rs 2-a-kg rice and free power supply to farmers. “However, former chief minister Dr YSR had brushed my objections aside and implemented these scheme,” he stated.
When asked to comment on the illegal allotments of lands, Mr Diwakar Reddy said that it he would not do so as the court was looking at the issue.
Responding on the controversy triggered off by Union home Minister P Chidambaram seeking another resolution on deletion of Clause 14 F from the Presidential Orders, the senior leader stated that the elected representatives have to consult Constitutional and legal experts and seek their advice on the issue.(INN)
2012/5/1 7:00:39 Hyderabad, May 1 (INN): Primary Education Minister S Sailajanath on Tuesday dismissed reports that appeared in a section of media that he had differences with former minister J C Diwakar Reddy over the selection of candidate for the by-election of Anantapur (Urban) assembly constituency.
Talking to media persons at the Congress Legislature Party Office, Sailajanath condemned media reports stating that the High Command gave ticket to Rasheed Ahmad proposed by him and ignored the candidate of JC Diwakar Reddy. He said that there was no truth in report that the High Command has not considered Diwakar Reddy’s candidate.
Hailing the selection of Rasheed Ahmad by the Congress High Command, he said that the selection of candidate from minority community proves that the party never neglects services of loyal and sincere workers. He said that he would work unitedly with Diwakar Reddy to ensure the victory of Rasheed Ahmad in the ensuing by-elections.
Responding to a question that Congress party still lagged behind in the election campaign compared with opposition Telugu Desam Party, he said that the party was making sincere efforts at the ground level for the victory of party candidates, whoever it may be, in the elections.
2011/6/29 4:26:59 Former minister and senior Congress leader JC Diwakar Reddy on Wednesday said that he would not resign, but instead obey whatever decision the High Command takes on the separate statehood demand.
Talking to media persons on Assembly premises after returning from New Delhi, Mr Diwakar Reddy said that, “There is no question of me resigning from my elected post. Unlike the last time, I will not resign this time around, but instead would accept the High Command’s decision on Telangana.”
Describing the Telangana issue as a sensitive one, the senior leader stated that the Centre would find a solution to it soon. He added, “Seemandhra leaders are bound to obey the Centre’s decision.”
Mr Diwakar Reddy had tendered his resignation to protest against the December 9, 2009 statement made by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in which he had said that the process for formation of Telangana had begun. The spate of resignations by the Seemandhra leaders at that time had forced the Centre to constitute the Srikrishna Committee.
Emphasising that the expanding the Cabinet is the prerogative of the Chief Minister, the former minister said that he is in contention for a berth in the Council of Ministers. “We are all in contention for a Cabinet berth. However, the choice of Ministers is the prerogative of the Chief Minister,” Mr Diwakar Reddy said.
He added, “the Chief Minister can any take any decision on accommodating and dropping Ministers from his Cabinet, based on their performance. No one can interfere in this.”
Responding on actor-turned-politician K Chiranjeevi’s statement that he would become Chief Minister one day, Mr Diwakar Reddy said that everyone aspires for posts and they want to come up in life.
When asked about YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s Odarpu Yatra, the former minister stated that, “I will gladly host Mr Jaganmohan Reddy if he stays in Tadipatri.” (INN)
2012/1/29 9:15:50 Former Minister JC Diwakar Reddy on Sunday reiterated that power sharing was the best solution to resolve the separate Telangana issue.
Talking to reporters, Diwakar Reddy said that the demand for separate Telangana was never raised when the State Government was headed by a leader from Telangana region. Citing examples, he said the statehood demand never surfaced during the rule of Jalagam Vengal Rao, T Anjaiah, PV Narasimha Rao or M Chenna Reddy. However, the Telangana agitation reached its peak whenever a leader from Seemandhra region was made the Chief Minister.
The former minister claimed that the Telangana agitation was not about statehood for the region, but for the Chief Minister's post. Therefore, sharing of Chief Minister's posts between the two regions would be best solution to resolve the issue permanently.
Diwakar Rao suggested that legislation should be brought to make it mandatory that the State would be ruled by a chief minister from Seemandhra region for three years and by a Telangana leader for two years. He said irrespective of which party comes to power, the power sharing pact should be strictly implemented. He said he would take forward this suggestion to the next level by holding discussions leaders of all political parties. (INN)
2011/11/26 12:55:49 Former Congress minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Saturday stated that the welfare schemes launched by the State Government would put heavy burden on the exchequer.
Talking to media persons in the city, he said that the government could implement the welfare schemes if it has ability to mobilize sufficient resources to fund them. Otherwise, the welfare schemes launched by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy would put heavy burden on the State's exchequer, he pointed out.
Diwakar Reddy said that the schemes like Rs 1-a-kg rice would not serve any purpose at a time when people are expecting the government to take steps for containing increasing prices of essential commodities. “The populist schemes will only increase the burden on the State's exchequer. Instead of launching such schemes, the government should make concrete efforts to reduce the prices of essential commodities,” he said.
The former minister said that his prediction came true about the Congress MLAs, who switched loyalties towards YSR Congress, returning to party fold. (INN)
Sharing formula to end political uncertainty: J C Diwakar
2011/7/17 4:13:00 Former Congress Minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Sunday ,speaking to media in Assembly premises, stated that he has proposed sharing of power between Seemandra and Telangana regions only with an intention to end political uncertainty in the state.
Mr Diwakar Reddy said that he has proposed this sharing of power formula not to hurt the sentiments of peoples of either region.
Responding on Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana taking serious exception on his statement, Mr Diwakar reddy said that he would place this proposal before the Congress high command.
As part of his suggestion for sharing the power, he said the Chief Minister post should be given three years for Seemandra region and remaining two years for Telangana region. As he hoped that this proposal would reduce Telangana agitation to some more extent.
Stating that the Telangana Congress leaders submitted their resignations in a hasty manner and due to pressure mounted on them by other party Telangana leaders, he said that the people of region would backlash if they withdraw resignations now.
And there was no guarantee for the re-election of resigned leaders as promised by the Telangana Political Joint Action committee.
He further alleged that the agitation was launched eyeing on posts, he said that people join politics only to come to power.
Even the two times MLA and Pradesh Congress Committee President Mr Botsa Satyanarayana was also aspiring to become the Chief Minister of the state.
The state capital Hyderabad was not a problem, he said the sharing of river waters between Seemandra and Telangana would pose a major threat.
J C Diwakar Reddy said that all Seemandra leaders will present their views before the high command and oppose division of the state on July 18th.(INN)
2011/8/24 8:03:48 Former Minister JC Diwakar Reddy predicted in case mid-term polls are held in the state following ongoing political uncertainty, then the Congress party would comfortably win more seats that it won in 2009 elections.
Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, Diwakar Reddy said that the Congress was ready to face mid-terms term polls in the state. However, the possibility of mid-term polls are very less as there was no threat to continuance of Kiran Kumar Reddy Government. He said the resignation of 26 Congress MLAs in favour of Jagan Mohan Reddy would have no impact on the state politics in the longer run.
The former minister said that blackmailing was common and part of politics and therefore, the resignation by 29 pro-Jagan MLAs was one such move to halt the CBI probe. However, the move has failed to make an impact. He said that the Jagan Mohan Reddy was miscalculating his strengths. "It is not possible to win elections on sympathy every time. Even Jagan will not able to repeat the performance of last by-elections next time," he said.
Further, not all Congress MLAs who resigned for Jagan will be able to win elections on YSR's sympathy, Diwakar Reddy said adding that election results depend on the individual candidate's profile and also on their opponents. "Therefore, most of the MLAs who have resigned for Jagan Mohan Reddy might not enter the assembly next time," he said.
He also denied reports that YSR Congress party was trying to field his son against him in Tadipatri assembly segment which he represents now. He said he would re-contest from Tadipatri and would also win the same. (INN)
2012/1/28 10:39:28 Former minister and senior Congress leader J C Diwakar Reddy on Saturday called upon political leaders to resolve the Telangana statehood issue through sharing of power between those from Seemandhra and Telangana.
Talking to media persons at the Congress Legislature Party Office here, he said that the Telangana problem could be amicably resolved by sharing the post of Chief Minister between Telangana and Seemandhra leaders. He said that the separation problem got strengthened since most of the time the post of the state’s Chief Minister was occupied by leaders from Seemandhra.
Hence, he suggested that leaders from Seemandhra and Telangana could share the coveted post of Chief Minister for three years and two years in turn.
Mr Diwakar Reddy said that he would hold consultations with all state level leaders in this regard and later take up this proposal to the Congress High Command. However, he hastened to add that this proposal was not against present Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy.“If we consider this proposal at the implementation stage, we can solve the statehood issue amicably,” he was confident.
He recalled that the same idea was floated during former Chief Minister K Rosaiah’s tenure. However, no one responded positively to this, he added.
Taking a serious note of the desecration of Dr Ambedkar’s statues, he said these were installed at prominent places all over the state to remind people of their services and sacrifices to achieve freedom. (INN)
Senior Congress leader and former minister JC Diwakar Reddy on Friday demanded that the tainted ministers should resign from the cabinet.
Former minister JC Diwakar Reddy reiterated that the Congress leaders would accept the decision taken by the party High Command on the Telangana issue.
Former Minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Wednesday termed the on-going consultation on Telangana state formation as 'waste of time’.
Former Congress minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Tuesday hailed the Centre’s proposed move to establish Regional Councils with complete financial autonomy.
Senior Congress leader J C Diwakar Reddy’s brother J C Prabhakar Reddy on Friday warned that people of Rayalaseema were capable of 'teaching a fitting lesson' to Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao in the state capital Hyderabad itself.
Former minister J C Diwakar Reddy on Monday stated that Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has emerged stronger after facing the No Confidence Motion in the State Legislative Assembly.
Former minister and senior Congress leader J C Diwakar Reddy on Saturday called upon political leaders to resolve the Telangana statehood issue through sharing of power between those from Seemandhra and Telangana.
