HYDERABAD: Claiming that BRS president and former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was forced to step out of his farmhouse due to the pressure created by his daughter K Kavitha, TPCC president B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Friday alleged that the pink party was losing its political relevance.
Addressing the media at Gandhi Bhavan, the Congress leader said: “Kavitha’s move to launch a new political party has put pressure on KCR. That’s why he stepped out of the confines of his farmhouse.”
Mahesh Goud also claimed that the BRS leadership doesn’t know how to deal with the situation. “Kavitha raised quite a few questions against the BRS. But KCR and his son KTR have no courage to respond to questions raised by her,” he said, adding that “BRS is struggling to maintain its political relevance”.
Hitting back at the BRS for criticising the Congress government over the housing scheme, he challenged the pink party leadership to release details of the 2BHK housing scheme, questioning how many houses were allotted and handed over to the beneficiaries during their 10-year rule, and compare it with the present Congress government’s Indiramma housing initiative.
The TPCC chief, meanwhile, accused Union Minister G Kishan Reddy of having a “tacit understanding” with KCR, alleging that this was the reason behind the Centre not ordering a CBI probe into the Kaleshwaram “scam”.
When asked about former minister T Harish Rao alleging that the hackers from Bengaluru are being engaged to tap the phones of BRS leaders, he said: “The Congress government has no need to tap the phones of opposition leaders or any other person. Harish Rao should first clarify his role in the phone-tapping during the BRS regime. Phones of celebrities, including actresses, too were tapped during the BRS regime.”
Speaking about the significance of May Day, he said: “The workers are not slaves or bonded labourers. The world cannot function without them.”
Stating that the Congress always works for labour rights, he said: “The Modi government is undermining workers’ rights. The Congress will strongly oppose any attempt to dilute the labour rights.”