HYDERABAD: Stating that there was nothing wrong in hanging former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for his “misdeeds” during BRS rule, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday vowed to ensure that the BRS chief does not even get the Leader of Opposition post after the next Assembly polls.
“My stomach is burning seeing the plight of the Kaleshwaram project. If laws do not exist and if it is a kingdom of savages, there would be nothing wrong in hanging KCR from a tree. KCR sank Rs 1 lakh crore in the Godavari. If such corruption happened during the Nizam era, they would have sent lizards into the pants (lagula tondalu vidichevallu),” Revanth said.
He added he would change his name if KCR remains the Leader of Opposition after the next election. He also termed KCR as “Paapala Bhairavudu”.
Addressing a public meeting at Kataram in Bhupalapally district on Monday, the chief minister said: “In the 2023 Assembly elections, I defeated you. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, I gave you zero seats. In panchayat and municipal elections, I buried you. In the Cantonment and Jubilee Hills byelections, I constructed a tomb for you. In the next elections, Congress workers will hoist our party flag on that tomb. This is my challenge.”
He reiterated that the Congress will remain in power in the state at least till 2034.
Stating that Congress activists will bury T Jeevan Reddy under 100 feet in Jagtial, the chief minister said: “Jeevan Reddy is saying ‘Praja Palana Povali - Paapala Bhairavudu Ravali’. Why should Praja Palana go and why should Paapala Bhairavudu, who is sleeping in the farmhouse, come to power? Praja Palana came due to the efforts of Congress workers.
Should Praja Palana go because you did not get a berth in the Cabinet after being rejected in Jagtial? Why should we treat you as an ‘elder person’? Should Paapala Bhairavudu come to power for killing Dalits at Nerella or for sending farmers to jail?”
He has a history of betrayals, alleges Revanth
The chief minister alleged that Jeevan Reddy has removed his mask and now it is clear that he was “full of venom”.
Revanth further alleged that Jeevan Reddy had betrayed NT Rama Rao in 1993 and joined hands with Nadendla Bhaskar Rao, before later joining the Congress. He said it was the Congress that made Jeevan Reddy a minister, MLA and MLC, and alleged that he had not given opportunities to Congress workers in Jagtial. He stated that by betraying the Congress, Jeevan Reddy had joined hands with the party’s opponents and questioned whether he had “any shame” in making such remarks.
Alleging that the previous BRS government failed to provide double-bedroom houses, Revanth said: “KCR did not give houses to the people, but he constructed a farmhouse at Erravalli on 1,000 acres of land. KT Rama Rao constructed a farmhouse at Janwada, T Harish Rao at Moinabad and K Kavitha at Shankarpally.”
He said that if the BRS government had constructed two lakh houses per year, people would have received 20 lakh houses during the 10 years of BRS rule.