Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K T Rama Rao (KTR) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of a ‘political vendetta’ over party MLC and his sister K Kavitha’s arrest in the Delhi excise policy ‘scam’ case.
Countering Kishan Reddy’s remarks of ‘evidence’ against her in the case, he advised the state BJP chief to inform the courts regarding it.
“The Congress used to raise questions over Kavitha’s arrest (linking BRS-BJP). Now they must answer…..,” he said.
He made the remarks addressing Secunderabad party cadres at Telangana Bhavan which included MLAs, MPs, MLCs, corporators and senior party leaders under the Parliament seat’s limits.
The party recently nominated MLA T Padma Rao Goud as its candidate for the Secunderabad LS seat.
KTR also questioned the contributions of Union minister and state BJP president G Kishan Reddy to Secunderabad as the Member of Parliament (MP) from the constituency.
“Distributing Kurkure packets, inaugurating a railway lift in Sithaphalmandi and Cintex tanks are the three biggest contributions he made to the city,” he remarked, attributing his win in Secunderabad to ‘luck’ after his loss in Amberpet in 2018.
Slamming Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender for ditching the party to become Congress party’s Secunderabad LS poll candidate, he said that the battle is now between “failed Kishan Reddy”, “opportunist Nagender” and “committed T Padma Rao Goud.”
“Padma Rao has been with the party in the city for 24 years. Everybody is confident of his win from here,” he added.
Telangana is going to the ballot in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 13, as per the schedule released by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
KTR bats for strong regional leaders
The BRS working president further said that only strong regional leaders such as Chief Ministers of Delhi and West Bengal Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee respectively and former Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao who are capable of stopping the BJP, not the Congress.
“If one has to stop BJP, it is only the regional leaders such as KCR, Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal who can do it. Congress is not powerful enough to stop BJP. Today, if you see all over the country it is only regional leaders who are able to stop the BJP,” Rama Rao said.
Taking a dig at Congress, Rama Rao said on the one hand Rahul Gandhi says (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) Chowkidar chor hai, on the other hand, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy describes Modi as his elder brother (bade bhai).
(With inputs from PTI)
