The TRS and the BJP were two sides of the same coin: Revanth Reddy

Hyderabad, 31 August 2019.

TPCC working president and Congress MP A. Revanth Reddy has claimed that the Telangana state BJP was divided into two groups:

– one group supports the TRS president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and

– the other group was critical of him.

The aggressive approach of the BJP in the Telangana state has forced the Congress to hit the streets too in an attempt to illustrate that it is still the foremost Opposition party to contest with and the real challenge to the TRS. Congress is examining to stave off the BJP, which has now started to claim that it is the feasible alternative to the ruling party, the TRS. This has led to the making of fierce competition between the two opposition parties to surpass the TRS government.

As per Reddy, the BJP has no place for anti-KCR leaders. Mr Reddy said the TRS and the BJP were two sides of the same coin. Speaking to press reporters, he stated that both parties had an internal understanding.

 

After a humiliating defeat in the Assembly elections in December 2018, the state Congress had imprisoned itself to simply issuing statements and did not take up any programme against the government on the ground.

In contrast, after winning an unusual four Lok Sabha seats, the BJP propelled a relentless attack on the government and strengthened the means of letting leaders from other parties into its fold.

After squandering most of its MLAs to the TRS, with its party legislative leader losing the status of leader of the opposition (LoP), the Congress was sounded by the prospect of dissipating even its de facto Opposition party standing in the politics of Telangana and revised its strategy.

BJP working president J.P. Nadda toured Hyderabad lately and held a public meeting. He accused the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao of revelling in extensive corruption in the Kaleshwaram project and the Haritha Haram programme. Senior BJP leaders from the Centre and other states are also touring Hyderabad constantly.

The Congress MP alleged that TS BJP president K. Laxman had claimed that the party would ask the Centre to order a CBI probe into the corruption in power purchase agreements. “When will the CBI inquiry be ordered,” he asked.
Continuing his attack on Mr Chandrasekhar Rao and TS Genco and Transco chairman and managing director D. Prabhakar Rao, Mr Revanth Reddy mentioned that usually IAS officers are appointed to head power utilities. When they refuse to sign on irregular agreements, the government removes them and appoints retired officers.
“As part of this practice, D. Prabhakar Rao, G. Raghuma Reddy and Gopal Rao were appointed,” Mr Revanth Reddy said. He alleged that these officers were cooperating with Mr Chandrasekhar Rao to loot public money.
He said that the power utilities in the state had borrowed Rs 74,000 crore since 2014, but Mr Prabhakar Rao had put the figure at Rs 35,000 crore “which is an utter lie”.
He said that the government has taken action on officials for speaking against Mr Chandrasekhar Rao and his son and TRS working president K.T. Rama Rao.“What action will be taken against power employees who spoke about me,” Mr Revanth Reddy asked, referring to comments made by power union employees during his war of words with Mr Prabhakar Rao.
Mr Revanth Reddy said that the government had banned TS Power Employees Joint Action Committee (JAC) leader Raghu not to speak on power issues. “Why are the power employees not conducting dharnas against this,” he asked.
He said that Mr Prabhakar Rao has no eligibility to appoint him as chairman and managing director of power utilities and alleged several IAS officers who are not interested to work with him had sought transfers.
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