Rahul Gandhi calls BRS "BJP's B-Team", says Congress won't join Oppn bloc if...'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched an attack against Telangana Chief Minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Chandrashekar Rao. Calling KCR’s party "BJP's B-Team", Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress would not join any Opposition meeting if the BRS is part of it.

“In Telangana, it is a fight between Congress and BJP's B team, BRS. Like we defeated BJP in Karnataka, similarly we'll defeat their B team in Telangana,” Rahul Gandhi said addressing a public meeting.

Rahul Gandhi described the state's ruling party as "BJP's B-Team" and its new nomenclature, BRS, as 'BJP Rishtedar Party'. Taking a jibe at the Telangana CM, Rahul Gandhi said that KCR’s “remote control” was with Prime Minister Narendra



Modi.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi carries the remote control of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao," the Congress leader said.

Rahul Gandhi went on to add that he told all other opposition leaders during a recent meeting that the Congress would not join any bloc where the BRS was involved.

“During the opposition meeting, we made it clear that the Congress will not join the meeting if TRS (now BRS) is part of it...We can never make a settlement with BJP's B team,” he added.

Last month, over a dozen opposition parties met in Bihar’s Patna to put up a united front against the BJP. The opposition parties are set to meet again in Bengaluru soon. The BRS and a few other non-BJP parties are not part of this grouping.