KCR is Symbol of TS Self-Respect

NIZAMABAD: BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao credited Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao for the reconstruction of Telangana as a successful state, claiming that the Congress or BJP would not have been able to implement welfare schemes as they “would have to wait for instructions from Delhi”.

“CM introduced bold schemes like Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima and Kalyana Lakshmi in favour of crores of people. If BJP or Congress were in the power, they would depend on decisions from Delhi,” he said.

Addressing a public meeting at the Government Polytechnic in Nizamabad on Wednesday, he termed BJP and Congress leaders of Telangana “slaves of Delhi”, while saying K. Chandrashekar Rao “is the symbol of Telangana’s self-respect”.

Rama Rao said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power by assuring people to deposit Rs 15 lakh in each Dhan Jan account, but in vain. Modi assured to fill two crore jobs per year and he is due 18 crore jobs so far.”

Rama Rao also lashed at Narendra Modi over LPG cylinder prices, reminding that while Modi had questioned then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over a rise of cylinder cost to Rs 400, it was currently costing Rs 1,200.

Urging the public to question the BJP on such lapses, he also came down heavily on Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Arvind “for lacking decorum” over using “filthy language against CM KCR”.

Terming Arvind an “accidental MP”, he urged the public to teach him a fitting lesson. “The BRS cadre will chase Arvind to forfeit his deposit in elections,” he said.

Not sparing the Congress either, he said: “Congress leaders were in power for the past 50 years, now they are ridiculously asking for one opportunity of power. TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy is known as ‘Riffle Reddy’ as he carried weapons against Telangana protagonists. Revanth is not a Telangana protagonist, he infected Telangana state as a disease.”

“Let people decide whom they should vote for in the coming elections on the basis of ‘Gantalu (hours)’, ‘Mantalu (flames)’ and ‘Pantalu (crops)’,” Rama Rao said.

He said: “Congress wants to give three hours free power supply to the farmers, BJP flares up flames among religions and CM KCR is assurance for three crops.”

“During united Andhra Pradesh rule, Telangana witnessed drought and bloodbaths due to extremism. Now, Telangana has become green and its paddy cultivation increased from 68 lakh metric tonnes to 3.5 crore lakh MTS from 2014 to 2023,” he said.

Before the address, Rama Rao inaugurated the IT Hub and NAC buildings. He was accompanied by roads and buildings minister V. Prashanth Reddy, MLAs Bigala Ganesh Gupta, Bajireddy Govardhan, Shakil Amer and A. Jeevan Reddy, and Rajya Sabha member K.R. Suresh Reddy.