Rama Rao said that he suspected that the bomb scare on his flight too had been ‘’planned” deliberately to prevent him from attending the Opposition leaders’ meeting.
The ailing dismissed chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, N T Rama Rao, and the 167 MLAs supporting him arrived in the capital determined to demonstrate their majority. Their plan to meet the President, Zail Singh, was, however, frustrated by the late running of the train. Rama Rao said that he suspected that the bomb scare on his flight too had been ‘’planned” deliberately to prevent him from attending the Opposition leaders’ meeting.
Oppn With TDP
All opposition parties, except the AIADMK, Muslim League and Akali Dal, urged President Zail Singh to remove the Andhra Pradesh Governor, Ramlal, forthwith, dismiss the minority government of defectors installed by him and immediately reinstate N T Rama Rao as Chief Minister.
Ramlal In Hot Water
Scores of cases pertaining to illegal felling of trees and smuggling of timber during the regime of the former chief minister and present Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Ramlal — some involving his close relations — are to be filed in the courts shortly. These cases relate to the period from the time he engineered defection of 26 legislators to form a government in 1980 till his ouster last April. Several of these cases under investigation will be filed before the beginning of the monsoon session.
Trouble For PM
PM Indira Gandhi is finding herself caught in a cleft stick over the Andhra political crisis. Two developments appear to be worrying Mrs Gandhi and those who plan her political moves. One is the blow her image has suffered in the wake of the toppling o f the NTR government, the other is the rallying point the dismissal of the NTR government has provided to the Opposition parties.
