Team News Riveting
Hyderabad, July 2
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) and alleged that his remote control was with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Describing the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), the ruling party of Telangana headed by KCR, as “BJP’s B-Team”, the former Congress President said BRS stands for ‘BJP Rishtedar Samithi’. He said Congress would not join any bloc where the BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) was involved.
Addressing a public meeting in Khammam that also launched Congress campaign for the ensuing assembly elections in the state, Gandhi said, “BRS is like BJP Rishtedar Samiti. KCR thinks he is a king and Telangana is his kingdom.”
Gandhi said the Congress has always stood against the BJP in Parliament, but Rao’s party has been “BJP’s B-team”. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi carries the remote control of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao,” the former Congress chief said.
He said the Congress recently fought the assembly election in Karnataka against “a corrupt and anti-poor government and we defeated them with the support of the poor, OBCs, minorities and oppressed in the state”.
“Something similar is going to happen in Telangana. On one side there would be rich and powerful of the state and on the other side, there would be poor, tribals, minorities, farmers and small shopkeepers with us. What has happened in Karnataka, would be repeated in Telangana,” Gandhi said.
Asserting that Telangana was going to witness a direct contest between the Congress and TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samithi which is now BRS), Gandhi said BJP did not exist in the state and hence there was no three-cornered fight. “Now it is a fight between Congress and B-Team of BJP,” he said.
Congress party also announced a monthly pension of Rs 4,000 for each elderly person and widow if it come to power in the state.
