Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Wednesday, December 24, said that he will bring the Congress back to power by winning 87 out of 119 Assembly seats in the state, and his predecessor, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), will “never” come to back to power till he is around.
Addressing the public at Kodangal, Revanth Reddy also called on KCR to come to the Assembly for a discussion.
In his first public appearance in a very long time on December 21, KCR lashed out against the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for “betraying” Telangana. Stating that danger had befallen Telangana ever since the Congress came to power, KCR said that public meetings would be organised in Palamuru, Rangareddy and Nalgonda districts to give the state’s farmers their share of Krishna and Godavari water.
The Telangana CM’s latest statements against KCR was in the backdrop of those comments, and also in the aftermath of the just-concluded Gram Panchayat elections held in the state. The ruling party-supported candidates won about 60 per cent of the Sarpanch seats, while the BRS and BJP-backed candidates won about 33 per cent.
“The history of BRS and KCR is over. This is my vow, witnessed by Kodangal. We are ready to discuss any issue in the Assembly. Shall we discuss Kaleshwaram? Let’s discuss the Krishna and Godavari waters. Shall we discuss phone tapping case?” Revanth Reddy challenged, egging on KCR and the BRS.
The Telangana CM also attacked BRS working president KT Rama Rao (KTR). “His own sister-in-law is saying that he tapped her husband’s phone. KTR, who cannot answer his own sister, is challenging me,” said Revanth Reddy, referring to KCR’s daughter K Kavitha who was expelled from the BRS recently for anti-party activities.
Calling KCR’s criticism of the Congress government baseless allegations, Revanth Reddy said that his party does not engage in vendetta politics.
“We are doing our work, and everyone will face the consequences of their own actions. However, if KCR messes with us, our party workers will not remain silent,” said the Telangana CM.
CM announces funds for development of Gram Panchayats
The chief minister also announced that he would provide a special development fund of Rs 5 lakh each to small villages and Rs 10 lakh each to major gram panchayats in addition to the funds received from the central and state governments.
In addition to this, the government will also distribute one crore Indiramma sarees to one crore women in Telangana. The CM said that all sarpanches must ensure that women over the age of 18 register as beneficiaries for the initiative.
