TRS questions Congress volte-face

The TRS struck at the very foundation of the Congress-led ‘Mahakutami’ on Monday, questioning the premise on which the ‘unholy’ alliance was formed.

In a series of tweets, IT and Industries Minister K T Rama Rao asserted that the TRS entered into an alliance with the Congress and Telugu Desam Party in 2004 and 2009, respectively, only after the two parties agreed in writing to the main demand of statehood for Telangana.

“What’s the basis for the hypocritical alliance of TDP & INC now in Telangana? Other than sheer opportunism & power mongering,” Rama Rao tweeted, ridiculing the coming together of Congress, TDP, CPI and the TJS under the Mahakutami umbrella.

The Minister also recalled Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu’s 2014 tweet where he said: “Our aim is to make nation free of corrupt Congress. Will do whatever is best to ensure it.”

“Famous last words. Another pearl of wisdom from CBN Garu,” the Minister wrote on his Twitter handle. The Minister went on to slam the alliance, stating: “If Scamgress leaders Rahul & Sonia didn’t do squat for Telangana development till 2014, what changed since then? So the “Italian Mafia Raj” (as described below) has new friends now. Guess who it is? Now you know why I call it #MahaGhatiyaBandhan.”

Earlier in the day, Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao also sought to deflate the perceived hype over Mahakutami with a missive loaded with a dozen questions.

Harish’s posers

In a four-page open letter to TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Harish Rao, coming down heavily on the ‘unholy’ alliance, asked the latter to clarify whether the Congress-TDP-CPI-TJS alliance was conditional. “Did the TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu give an assurance that he would give up his anti-Telangana stand and has he agreed to withdraw cases/objections raised against irrigation projects taken up by the Telangana government, before you agreed to enter into an alliance with him,” the Minister asked.

The Minister, who released the letter to the media at a press conference here, said the people of Telangana were upset with the alliance as they fear Naidu will continue with his arm-twisting tactics to influence decisions of the Telangana government in favour of Andhra Pradesh, especially with regard to river water sharing. He raised pending issues between the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments pertaining to irrigation projects, returning seven mandals in erstwhile Khammam district to Telangana, and division of the High Court and other assets. On all these issues, Naidu has been adamant and was not extending any cooperation to get them resolved, he said, wondering what then was the objective behind the alliance.
Charge against Cong

“Congress leaders have compromised the future of the State to fulfil their political ambitions by entering into an alliance with Naidu. The TDP president vehemently opposed statehood for Telangana and continues to hinder development in Telangana State by raising objections and filing cases against our irrigation projects and other programmes,” the Minister said.

Harish Rao accused Naidu of acting against the interests of Telangana and doubted if the latter would change his stand, considering his political interests in Andhra Pradesh. He pointed out that due to similar political interests of Andhra leaders, people of Telangana suffered in undivided Andhra Pradesh for six decades, prompting the TRS to fight for separate Telangana State. “As a responsible political party, Congress should clarify on these issues and convince Naidu to address these issues under their Common Minimum Programme before fighting the elections,” he demanded.

Advice to Kodandaram

Harish Rao stated that Naidu was allying with the Telangana Congress and other parties to influence the Telangana administration in favour of Andhra Pradesh. He advised Telangana Jana Samithi president M Kodandaram not to ally with TDP and put the fate of four crore people in Telangana State in the hands of Naidu.

Government Chief Whip in Council Paturi Sudhakar Reddy, Whip Bodakunti Venkateshwarlu and former MLAs Madan Reddy and Chinta Prabhakar were present.

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TRS leaders carry out door-to-door campaign in Yellareddy

Zaheerabad MP BB Patil and Yellareddy TRS candidate Enugu Ravinder Reddy jointly conducted a door-to-door campaign in Mallupet village in Yellareddy constituency.

The villagers welcomed them into the village with ‘harathi’. Zaheerabad MP BB Patil said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao was striving hard for achieving Bangaru Telangana. He had been going all out to provide safe drinking water through Mission Bhagiratha scheme besides developing roads, providing 24-hour power to the agriculture sector, issuing pensions to various categories of people — widows, elderly, beedi workers and single women. He said the State government, for the benefit of farmers, was providing Rs 8,000 financial assistance per acre per year, issuing Rs 5 lakh worth insurance and also constructing Kaleshwaram and other irrigation projects.

Besides this, the State government had been implementing 465 other schemes for the benefit of the people. Patil asked the people of Yellareddy to once again give a chance to TRS candidate Enugu Ravinder Reddy, keeping all these schemes in mind. Ravinder Reddy said Telangana people had only faced hardships in the regimes of the Congress and the TDP. The development achieved by the TRS government in the last four and a half years is more than that of the 60-year rule by the Congress and the TRS. He requested the people to give a clear mandate to the TRS for the bright future of the State.

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December polls favourable to TRS, says KCR

Telangana Caretaker Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao told his cabinet ministers that the December elections in the state would be favourable to their Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

KCR discussed the issue of early election and required poll strategies with senior leaders after the Election Commission of India announced the poll schedule for the five states including Telangana.

He said the poll schedule came out as per his expectations and now the party leaders should begin giving major focus to poll preparations in all the districts and on how to go about intensifying campaign by holding public meetings to cover every assembly segment.

TRS has already announced names of its candidates for 105 out of the total 119 segments. The names for remaining 14 segments will be announced in three to four days.

While TRS is marching ahead in high speed, Congress and its Mahakutami (Grand Alliance) partners are still struggling to reach an agreement on seat sharing and finalisation of contesting candidates.

Congress leaders like Revanth Reddy and DK Aruna are hogging limelight by attacking KCR in strong language but that was not enough as there were issues like seat adjustments and also that of Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) led by activist Kodandaram seeking more seats.

Some leaders like Marri Sasidhar Reddy have complained against irregularities in preparation of voter lists by TRS leaders in Hyderabad and other places and the issue was raised before the court. It showed the anxiety and unpreparedness of Congress to make a full-fledged attack on TRS.

Moreover, AP CM Chandrababu’s announcement that his party may be called a part of Mahakutami and not to be termed as an ally of Congress came as a disheartening news for Grand Alliance. Chandrababu has also ruled out possible alliance with Congress in AP in 2019 elections.

Seeing all this, analysts feel that the Mahakutami is all likely to face more serious problems in coming days.

Obviously, KCR is giving one blow after another to rivals by coming out with his surprise strategies.

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Election Commission grants conditional nod to Telangana’s Rs 6000-crore cash assistance scheme for farmers

Election Commission’s poll code came into effect in the state from September 6, the day the Telangana assembly was dissolved.

The Election Commission (EC) on Friday granted conditional approval for the Rs 6,000 crore Rythu Bandhu scheme of Telangana government, which promises to offer cash assistance to farmers during the upcoming Rabi season, notwithstanding the commission’s electoral code of conduct enforced in the state.

SK Rudola, principal secretary, EC, said the scheme could be implemented subject to certain conditions. As per conditions, Rythu Bandhu scheme would be applicable only to existing beneficiaries and no new beneficiaries would be added to the list of. Moreover, the cash had to be credited directly into the accounts of the farmers through electronic transfer and not distributed in the form of cheques. The EC also ruled out publicity for the implementation of the scheme apart from directing political parties not to distribute cash to farmers at public functions.

The first phase of Rythu Bandhu scheme was implemented in May this year, for the Kharif season. Under this, each farmer would be paid a cash assistance of Rs 4,000 per acre for the purchase of agriculture inputs. The scheme was designed to benefit 57.17 lakh farmers across 10,874 villages.

EC’s poll code came into effect from September 6, the day the state assembly was dissolved. The Congress, meanwhile, clarified that it would never stop any welfare and development activity in the state. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee treasurer Gudur Narayana Reddy said Rythu Bandhu scheme should be implemented under the direct supervision of EC and official machinery without any political interference or influence.

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praja ashirvada sabha Live :TRS public meeting at Wanaparthy today

After Husnabad, Nizamabad and Nalgonda, the ruling TRS party is organising another public meeting today at Wanaparthy of Mahabubnagar district.

TRS leaders of Mahabubnagar has been entrusted with the task of overseeing the arrangements at the venue.

The Praja Ashirwada Sabha is learned to be held at Nagavaram in a 100 acres of open land. Around 600 acres has been allocated to the parking of vehicles. A helipad is arranged at a distance of 200 metres from the venue.

At least 3,00,000 people are expected to attend the meeting. Three superintendents of police, 27 CIs, 63 SIs and 1500 staff are deployed at the meeting.

TRS Nalgonda meeting: KCR showcases four years of TRS rule

TRS party chief and caretaker chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao began the public meeting in Nalgonda with the introduction of the party candidates who are contesting for the upcoming elections.

KCR recalled the Nalgonda people participation in Rythu agitation and Telangana movement saying that he shares a special bond with them. He also added that the people strength had given him to achieve statehood.

TRS has come to power when the state is having a tough time with the suicides of farmers and power crisis.

KCR also took the names of the schemes which are benefitting to the people like Mission Bhagiratha, 24-hour power supply for farmers, hike in salaries of Anganwadi and municipal workers.

He also said that the government has waived the loans of the poor farmers.

KCR also said that the government has increased the capacity of food processing units to 23 lakh metric tonnes from 18 lakh adding that the state had only 4 lakh metric tonnes.

The Sheep scheme proposed in the state has become a drastic hit with the distribution of 65 lakh sheep, KCR said. Earlier, the state used to import sheep, he added.

TRS an extremely secular party, will not join hands with BJP for 2019 Lok Sabha polls: KTR

The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) will not join hands with the BJP for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. KT Rama Rao, Telangana caretaker minister, and son of TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao made this statement during an online public interactive session on Twitter. KTR regularly uses Twitter to reach out to his 1.42 million followers. During the session, he also claimed that his party would win over 100 seats out of the total 119 in the upcoming polls likely to be held around November-December, reported the News Minute.

KTR also took a dig at TDP-Congress alliance and said, “Their’s is not a mahagathbandhan but a maha-ghatiya–bandhan”. The manifesto of the TRS for the coming assembly elections in Telangana would be unveiled this month, KTR said.

Our manifesto will come out later this month. Our manifesto will be a combination of all the welfare activities which were promoted in the past, he said.

He also answered questions related to infrastructure, industries development.

In his one-and-a-half-hour long live session, KTR also talked about his government’s achievement and answered questions related to the creation of jobs, sanitation, urban development and development of Telangana as a tech hub.

Meanwhile, his father, K Chandrasekhar Rao continued his attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, accusing him of plotting to halt development of Telangana, PTI reported.

Addressing a public meeting in Nalgonda, he also slammed Naidu over the proposed alliance between TDP and Congress and called him a ‘betrayer’.

Nothing will happen. If your (people) blessings are there, Naidu and Congress cannot harm Telangana. I have come to seek your blessings and want you to extend your support, he said.

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TRS manifesto for Telangana elections 2018 to be unveiled later this month, says IT minister KT Rama Rao

The manifesto of the TRS for the coming Assembly elections in Telangana would be unveiled this month, IT Minister KT Rama Rao said Thursday.

Making the announcement during an interaction on Twitter, Rao, son of caretaker chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, also answered questions related to infrastructure, industries development.

Our manifesto will come out later this month. Our manifesto will be a combination of all the welfare activities which were promoted in the past, he said.

Meanwhile, his father, on a campaign trail, continued his attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, accusing him of plotting to halt the development of Telangana. Addressing a public meeting in Nalgonda, Chandrasekhar Rao also slammed Naidu over the proposed alliance between TDP and Congress, describing him as a ‘betrayer’.

He also hit out at the Congress leaders.”Today, Chandrababu Naidu wants to defeat Telangana by bringing in wrong forces… nothing will happen. If your (people) blessings are there, Naidu and Congress cannot harm Telangana. I have come to seek your blessings and want you to extend the your support..,” he said

KCR, as he his popularly known, also came down heavily on Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N Uttam Kumar Reddy and former minister K Jana Reddy, accusing them of failure to ensure development of Nalgonda district and its people.

Citizens in Nalgonda suffered due to drinking water contaminated with fluoride and ‘Mission Bhagiratha’ of his government would address this problem by supplying purified drinking water, he said.

Quoting a recent survey, the caretaker chief minister claimed TRS would win 110 seats out of 119 Assembly seats in Telangana.

Rama Rao, in his about an hour-long live Twitter session, said urban and rural infrastructure, healthcare and education will also be given due importance (in the manifesto).

Netizens asked several questions related to principal Opposition Congress and its proposed alliance with TDP.

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