Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan conducted Praja Darbar at Raj Bhavan on Friday to hear the grievances of the people and received representations from them.

Especially, she conducted a Praja Darbar after a long time to hear grievances of woman who are facing domestic violence and other problems. She felt very sad on the incident of a minor girl gang rape at Jubilee Hills; she took a decision to take the attention of the officials on the attacks on woman and to solve their problems sympathetically. She wants to acts as a bridge between the state government and the public and she dismissed the criticism that she is crossing her limits.

She argued that when she as the highest Constitutional authority in the State is willing to serve people, why she should be denied the opportunity. She received over 500 petitions from women. This is a Constitutional office. I am practicing only what should be practiced by a Constitutional authority, she said.

Those saying it is unconstitutional should first respect the Constitution, when asked about the statements by leaders of ruling TRS describing her action as unconstitutional, said Tamilisai.

I repeatedly said that I want to be a catalyst, a bridge between the Government and the people. There is no politics in this. I can’t agree that Raj Bhavan should be shut or it should not be approachable. Each and every office, whether Constitutional or elected, is for the people, she said.

I am not a controversial person and I want to do something good for the people of Telangana. I am a doctor and I can understand the problems of people, she added. She reiterated her allegation that the State Government is not respecting the Constitutional office of the Governor, alleging that the Government is not following the protocol. They are not receiving me wherever I go. There is an SOP to be followed but it is not being followed. However, this is not going to stop my activities. I am not asking anything for myself. When people are affected, the Government should respond, she said.

Replying to a query, Tamilisai said she had sought a report in two days from the state authorities on the recent incident of gang-rape of a minor in Hyderabad, but the same has not been submitted yet. She termed the delay as unfortunate and added that she is concerned over the media reports about the incident.

Tamilisai urged the Government to respond and respect whatever messages are sent through Raj Bhavan based on the representations received from the people. The Governor said Friday’s Mahila Darbar had participants from the Red Cross, doctors, lawyers and NGOs to respond to the applications.

No application will be ignored. For smaller monetary help, referral to hospitals or institutions, they will be handled by the office of the Governor, but I request the Government departments concerned to respond to the other requests received by the Raj Bhavan during the Praja Darbar, she said.