HYDERABAD: BRS supremo and former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao seems to be back in the thick of action. Days after addressing a press conference on the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS), where he launched a no-holds-barred tirade against the Congress regime, the BRS chief held a marathon meeting with key party leaders at his Erravalli farmhouse on Friday to discuss the proposed state-wide agitations against the Revanth Reddy’s government’s indifference in completing the project.
The meeting, according to sources, also discussed the strategy to be adopted by the BRS in the forthcoming Assembly session. The party is likely to announce a series of programmes in a day or two. “An announcement on these agitations and public meetings, which are being planned to exert pressure on the government to complete PRLIS at the earliest, will be made either on Saturday or Sunday. The schedule of proposed public meetings too would be revealed in the next two days,” sources said.
Chandrasekhar Rao is believed to have directed the party MLAs to raise the PRLIS issue in the upcoming Assembly session and corner the state government on other issues as well.
Sources said that the party is planning to raise several issues in the House and these include: Why PRLIS has been stalled? Though the Centre returned the detailed project report (DPR) months ago, why it has not been resubmitted? Even though 90 per cent of the work has been completed, why is the government unwilling to spend a little more money to complete the project and ensure water supply to Palamuru farmers?
Revanth lowered dignity of CM’s office, says KTR
Meanwhile, BRS working president KT Rama Rao found fault with Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for “frequently using abusive, uncivilised and irresponsible language and making derogatory remarks against KCR”.
Addressing the gathering after welcoming several leaders from Serilingampally Assembly segment into the BRS during an event organised at Telangana Bhavan, he said: “Revanth Reddy’s conduct has lowered the dignity of the chief minister’s office and exposed his inability to answer serious public questions. He is resorting to foul language as he has no answers to the questions raised by KCR.”
“Instead of fighting for Telangana’s rights over river waters, Revanth Reddy chose to divert public attention by abusing the leaders of the Opposition,” he alleged.
“Revanth Reddy’s wife Geethamma should tie him up. Otherwise, he may bite someone because he seems to have gone mad and has been ranting every day,” Rama Rao quipped.
Responding to Revanth Reddy’s remarks on his education, he said: “When he studied in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh was undivided. I studied in Hyderabad, Guntur, Pune and the United States.”
“Why the chief minister is so much troubled by my educational qualifications and where I studied ?” he asked, pointing out to “their hypocrisy of objecting to pursuing education in Andhra Pradesh though they maintain close family ties there”.
Stating that he takes pride in being known as KCR’s son, he said: “Yes, I proudly carry my father’s name. He is the leader who achieved Telangana. If you do good work, your children will proudly mention your name. But if you continue with such behaviour, even your grandchild will not mention your name.”
Alleging that Revanth Reddy failed to implement his poll promises, Rama Rao declared that “the return of KCR as chief minister wasn’t far away” and that Revanth Reddy would be defeated in Kodangal in the next Assembly elections.