Hyderabad, July 9 -- Congress MLA from Station Ghanpur, Kadiyam Srihari, on Thursday, July 9, responded to allegations by Telangana Minister for Endowments and Forests Konda Surekha over a meeting he held with officials from the Endowments Department without her knowledge, saying the minister had misunderstood the situation.

Addressing a press conference on the issue, Srihari said, "Officials come and meet me regularly, it shouldn't be considered a review meeting." He clarified that he had met the officials to discuss matters concerning a temple in Station Ghanpur.

The MLA expressed surprise over Surekha's letter to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy seeking a review of the incident, and questioned why the minister was objecting to an MLA m...