Hyderabad : Congress MLA Veera Siva Reddy strongly supported the dismissal of D L Ravindra Reddy from the cabinet.

Describing DL as a weed, he said this was the reason why he was plucked and thrown out. He said Congress in Kadapa district would be benefited because of DL’s dismissal.

Veera Siva Reddy said that DL had never worked for strengthening the image of the party or the government and added that it was because of him that Congress could not with in the Assembly by-elections and cooperative polls. He has also charged DL of fielding a rebel candidate in the APCO elections. He explained that DL was removed only because of his anti-party activities.

The MLA said that an ACB enquiry was on, against the OSD of DL and predicted that all the follies of the dismissed minister would soon come out.

Stating that DL was likely to join the TDP, Veera Shiva Reddy demanded that the other unwanted elements in the cabinet also should be weeded out.