Former civic chiefs felicitated

Patancheru: Medak MLC Bhupal Reddy and local legislator Gudem Mahipal Reddy observed here on Tuesday that real leaders were those who serve people without holding any posts. 'Posts afford a chance to render service to the people', they stated, while calling for development of villages sans politics.

They were speaking at a function to felicitate and accord farewell at Patancheru Parishath to MPP Srisailam Yadav and several MPTCs whose term ended during the day.

The legislators stated that political leaders in villages should strive unitedly for achieving development sans politics. 'Villages should not become places for revenge. After elections everything should be treated equally. Leaders' politics should not hamper development of villages. The fact that politics is a means of serving the people should not be neglected'.

They recalled that former Assembly Speaker P Ramachandra Reddy and 'people's leaders' Sadasiva Reddy, Veera Reddy. among other stalwarts, had worked as samithi presidents. The MLA and MLC stated that they had also worked as MPPs before entering the legislatures.

Replying to felicitations, Srisailam Yadav credited Mahipal Reddy for selecting him as a candidate for the Assembly election although he had won only twice as an MPTC member. 'I treat Reddy as my political guru and equal to a brother'. Yadav stated that he had the satisfaction of developing the mandal with record funds.

Among those present were Ramachandrapuram MPP Yadagiri Yadav, corporator Thota Anjayya, Market Committee chairperson Pushpa Ganesh, MPDO Anant Reddy, MPP vice-president Prabhakar Gupta, Tahsildar Yadagiri Reddy, Panchayat Raj EE Anjan Reddy, MPTCs and officials of all departments.