Hyderabad:
A war of words has erupted between the TRS and the Congress in
connection with the Telangana Formation Day celebrations. Minister K.T.
Rama Rao and other TRS leaders lashed out at the comments made by AICC
general-secretary Digvijay Singh, former Union minister Jaipal Reddy,
TPCC president Uttam Kumar Reddy and others against Chief Minister K.
Chandrasekhar Rao and the TS government.
Mr Rama Rao, who is in the US, took strong exception to Mr Singh's
remark that the CM was behaving like a Nero by squandering hundreds of
crores on T-Formation Day. He tweeted: "One of the high priests of the
Congress (Digvijay Singh), who could not spell Telangana correctly, has
no business to point fingers at KCR, who earned name and fame all over
the country for his historic decisions to develop the state and
initiating unique programs for the well-being of the masses".
Mr Balka Suman lashed out at Mr Jaipal Reddy for saying Mr
Chandrasekhar Rao's deeksha during the Telangana movement was fake.
"Congress has the habit of faking deekshas, agitations and promises and
of course adept at looting the country. But for KCR's deeksha, the UPA
government would not have announced Telangana," he said. Meanwhile,
leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Shabbir Ali on
Friday said that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had hinted at
midterm polls, possibly in 2017, during his speech at the Parade Grounds
on Thursday.
Speaking to newsmen here, Mr Shabbir Ali said, “KCR got a mandate
only till 2019. Therefore, he should speak about projects or schemes
that he intends to complete by 2019. By saying 2022, he gave a clear
hint that he might go for midterm elections anytime in 2017. Only by
this logic would he stay in office till 2022, provided he wins the
midterm polls.” Mr Shabbir Ali said that the state was all set to face
“mini-elections” soon. “KCR has engineered defection of 23 MLAs, two Lok
Sabha MPs and over a dozen MLCs to the TRS. Although the Speaker has
delayed a decision on the disqualification petitions filed by the
respective parties, the courts will certainly do justice in this matter
as the legislators have violated the Anti-Defection Law and they are
bound to face disqualification,” he said.