Hyderabad: Coming in support of forests and environment minister Konda Surekha for her comments on Tollywood actress Samantha and actor Naga Chaitanya’s divorce, women and child welfare minister Seethakka made it clear that the Congress party was not against film actors, and that Surekha only spoke about few film actors depending on the situation.
Konda Surekha has alleged that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and ex-Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) is responsible for the divorce of Tollywood actors Samantha and Naga Chaitanya.
Speaking with media at the Necklace Road during the Bathukamma festivities on Wednesday, Seethakka felt that all people deserved privacy in their lives.
“KTR should remember that we didn’t become ministers just by getting nominated by someone. We (Seethakka and Surekha) came from the ST and BC sections and got elected by the people to become ministers today. The people know how the women ministers were during the BRS government, and what they are doing in the present government,” she said.
Also finding fault with BRS working president KTR for dragging her name into the controversy on the festive day, she said that the BRS was continuously hounding her and Surekha.
On KTR’s comments on the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and the Musi riverfront development project, Seethakka felt that KTR lacked the stature to make those comments on Rahul Gandhi.
“Selling the people’s properties to do real estate ventures and selling them as plots has been the history of BRS. The history of Gandhis is that of sacrifice and service,” she remarked.
She dared KTR to speak with her directly instead of making comments against her in a chit-chat with the media.
