Hyderabad, May 24 : Following his arrest by the CBI, Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana Rao on Thursday submitted his resignation from the State Cabinet.
In his resignation letter sent to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy through his friend Rajendra Prasad at former's camp office, Mopidevi claimed that he was innocent.
'I have not committed any mistake and issued GOs on the directions of the then Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy,' he reportedly said. He said he was being punished for committing no mistake.
Talking to reporters after handing over Mopidevi's resignation letter to the Chief Minister, Rajendra Prasad claimed that Kiran Kumar Reddy too has termed the arrest as 'unfortunate'.
He said Mopidevi has stated that GO Number 29 allotting lands to VANPIC was issued as per the directions of YSR's Cabinet. However, the CBI found fault in the GO and arrested him.
Mopidevi claimed that never misused his official position anytime during his tenure. He also assured that he would fully cooperate with the probing agency in the investigations and come out clean from the charges.
In the letter, Mopidevi appealed to the Chief Minister to accept his resignation letter and hoped to re-join the cabinet after getting a clean chit from the CBI.
He also claimed that he would remain a loyal worker of the party and would abide by its decisions.
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