Telangana's TRS government neglected dalits, tribals, minorities, women and students:Sonia Gandhi

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday said the promise of Telangana, which was based on the dreams of the people who expected the State government to fulfill its promises, was not kept by the TRS government.

Addressing a Congress campaign meeting at Medchal, Sonia made an emotional pitch seeking votes for her party and its allies. “I feel like a mother who is with her child after a long separation. Telagnana and Andhra Pradesh are like two children to me. Every mother wants her children to be successful and their lives rewarding,” she said. She went on to say: “But my heart is in pain at the state of affairs in Telangana.”

Sonia Gandhi lashed out at Telangana's TRS government, saying it neglected dalits, tribals, minorities, women and students with Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao working only for himself and those close to him.

She also said the development that was expected following the creation of Telangana



did not happen under Rao.

"Chief Minister Rao has cared only for himself and his own people leaving the child (Telangana) to suffer," she told an election rally at Medchal near here.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who also addressed the rally, said the TRS rule in Telangana was all set to end.

"Dalits, adivasis, minorities, backward classes, women and students were all neglected. The chief minister should tell us what promises he made to them and he kept," Sonia, who visited Telangana for the first time since the state's creation in June 2014, said.

She also said the Congress was committed to special category status for Andhra Pradesh.

It was under the UPA 2 government that Telangana was created and the party intends to use it as an election plank to blunt Rao's claim that a protracted agitation led by him forced the Centre's hand.