Hyderabad, Oct 19 (Representative) Criticising the Congress party and its leaders for their “lack of commitment” in Telangana, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working President and Minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Thursday asserted that their bus yatra in Telangana was ‘destined for failure’. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday kicked off a bus yatra in Telangana as part of the party’s campaign for the coming Assembly election in the state. The ‘Vijayabheri’ yatra began in Mulugu district after offering prayers at the Ramappa temple, Rahul and Priyanka took part in a roadshow. KTR, while scathing attack on ‘X’, drew the stark contrast between the progressive State of Telangana under the BRS regime and the dismal conditions in Karnataka under the Congress rule.
He said while Telangana had become synonymous with a golden era of welfare initiatives, Karnataka had become a symbol of a dark regime.Targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the BRS working President demanded him to explain his silence on the delay in establishment of a tribal university in the State and failure to question the BJP government at the Centre for its failure to set up the Bayyaram steel factory. KTR asserted that Rahul Gandhi, who refrained from questioning the NDA government on promises made under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, had no right to visit Telangana. Comparing the performance of the two parties, the BRS working president highlighted the success of the BRS government in Telangana in fulfilling promises that were not even included in their election manifesto, while the Congress retracted from its electoral promises made to people of Karnataka in less than 100 days after forming the government.
He criticised the Congress for being unable to provide even five hours of electricity to farmers in Karnataka, while in Telangana, the government revolutionised farming by supplying uninterrupted free electricity to farmers. The Minister called out the Congress for dumping the people of Karnataka after elections and now enacting a new drama to seek votes in Telangana. The people of Telangana would not trust the Congress leaders, he predicted and said that the countdown for the Congress in Telangana had begun ever since A Revanth Reddy was made TPCC chief, who flourished on land mafia and MLA ticket sales. The Congress, with its history of failures, would never regain the people’s trust, he commented.