Sushma is like a god to us: Sreeramulu

Express News

Bellary, 31 May 2011: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj may have been at pains to distance herself from the Reddys, but the Bellary politicians aren’t willing to let go easily.

 

While Health Minister B Sreeramulu in Bellary proclaimed that Sushma was their mother, Revenue Minister G Karunakar Reddy in Davangere said he was neither sad nor happy about her remarks.

 

Reacting to Sushma’s interview to the weekly Outlook, where she denied having got Reddy brothers berths in the B S Yeddyurappa Cabinet, Sreeramulu said, "Sushma Swaraj is the head of our family and like a god to us.’’

 

He told reporters on the sidelines of launching development work near Moka here on Monday evening, "If our mother is angry, we are not disturbed, we do not leave her. She is the reason for our prosperity. Everybody knows about our relationship with our mother. There is no need to reiterate that," he said and added, "MP J Shantha and Dr B K Sreenivasmurthy, in whose house she performs the Varamahalaxmi pooja every year, and I tried to contact her but she is inaccessible."

 

Asked if her assertions had anything to do with the CBI and the CEC inquiry into illegal mining in the district, Sreeramulu a avoided a direct answer and said the inquiry was on and the guilty will be punished.