KCR warns AP CM Chandrababu Naidu against meddling in Telangana affairs

Nalgonda: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday laid bare the injustice meted out by successive Congress and TDP governments to Telangana, their diabolical designs to deprive people of the benefits of projects built on Telangana land and the sincere efforts of the TRS government to rebuild the State on all fronts after its formation.

Weighing the positive approach and achievements of the TRS government against the wilful neglect and deception by the Congress and TDP, the Chief Minister said the TRS had faced a lot of criticism and humiliation during the statehood stir. “But our goal was clear — freedom from the clutches of oppressors, achieve statehood and fulfil the dreams and aspirations of the people. Chandrashekhar Rao was addressing a massive public meeting here, the second in the series of “Praja Ashirwada Sabha.”

The Chief Minister warned the TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu against meddling in Telangana affairs in the ensuing polls to the State Legislative Assembly. “Naidu should bear in mind that he has 175 seats in his State to fight from in the next election, against 119 seats in Telangana,” he said.

Appealing to the people of Telangana to be wary of the evil designs of Naidu, he said if the TDP gets ten seats in the State, he would unleash his disruptive potential to stall the works on projects such as Kaleshwaram, Sitarama and Palamuru, which were so dear to the State that is firm on extending irrigation facility to over one crore acres of land and revive its



fortunes.

Ridiculing the AP Chief Minister’s remarks that the TRS, with an eye on the polls, began treading the path of Modi, he pointed out that it was Naidu who had enjoyed the piggyback rides with Modi, being part of the NDA for four long years. After distancing himself from the NDA, he has been crying hoarse and blaming others. He said Chandrababu Naidu had deprived Telangana of its seven mandals that were part of its Khammam district by prostrating before Narendra Modi. That is how he grabbed the power projects that should rightfully be handed over to Telangana he said and alleged that Naidu had even stalled the division of the High Court at Hyderabad.

Stating that the TRS government, which had successfully addressed all the ills of the new State during the past four and half years of its rule, is all set to sweep the polls garnering 110 of the 112 seats it is contesting. Neither the TPCC president Uttam Kumar Reddy nor the leader of the Opposition K Jana Reddy would be able to defend themselves this time. The TRS nominees were receiving overwhelming support from the electorate and the party will win all the 12 Assembly constituencies in Nalgonda district.

He had a dig at both K Jana Reddy and Uttam Kumar Reddy stating that the entire Congress lot in Telangana remained silent spectators when the then Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy had gone to the extent of declining to spare even a rupee for Telangana on the floor of the House. He said Congress leaders like Jana Reddy were never sincere to the cause of Telangana.