India, Aug. 16 -- A Congress MLA in Telangana on Friday took a swipe at his own government's alleged inaction in clearing pending bills for development works.

According to an NDTV report, MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy, without naming Revanth Reddy, said these clearances require the chief minister's approval. He was speaking during an event to celebrate the Independence Day in his constituency Munugode.

"You take the posts, but do you also take the money? Take the positions, but pay the contractors who have done the work. Don't do injustice to the people of Munugode," Komatireddy Reddy said.

Further clarifying that he is not neither criticising the chief minister or his party, Komatireddy Reddy alleged that "not a single rupee has been...