KCR targets the top, local rival contestants relieved

Adilabad: Telugu Desam, BJP and Congress candidates contesting in the polls for MLA and MP posts are relieved that TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao has not uttered a single word against them in his speeches.

Mr Rao is only targeting top leaders of the Congress, TD and the BJP in public meetings.

Meanwhile, TRS candidates in the fray are not happy with Mr Rao for saying nothing against their rivals.

A surprised Congress MLA candidate said that he was relieved by the end of the TRS chief’s speech and added that he had never thought that Mr Rao would spare the rival candidates after seeing his brutal attack on the Congress’  top leaders.

Mr Rao, meanwhile, has been using derogatory terms against the top leaders of the TD and the Congress. For example, he referred to TPCC president Ponnala Laxmaiah as “Las-maiah” and described Jairam Ramesh as durmargudu (traitor).

While opposing the contract system, the TRS chief has been saying that he is against the ideology of exploitation of labour. Such statements are usually found in the speeches of the Left leaders.

He also used the word “emichinavura” to refer to the Congress and its leadership in his recent speech at Bhainsa.

During a recent public meet in Kagaznagar, he apparently refused a TRS leader’s request to say a few words against former MLA Koneru Konappa who is contesting as a BSP candidate.

KCR spares congress, focuses on campaign

Addressing a public meeting at the Pavilion Grounds here on Tuesday, TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao, for a change did not attack the Congress.

Focusing on local issues like the disparities in the water sharing, Mr Rao said, “Despite Khammam district falling between the Krishna and Godavari river basins, the region got a raw deal.”

Referring to the different political landscape in the district, he said, “Break the shackles.”

Mr Rao also ruled out hiccups in the implementation of 12 per cent quota for Muslims and tribals and showered sops.