Gandra Asks TRS To Focus On Public Issues In Plenary

Congress senior leader Gandra Venkataramana Reddy on Wednesday advised the leaders of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi to focus on the problems being faced by the people during their party's plenary meeting being held in Hyderabad on April 24.

Speaking to media persons, Gandra accused the TRS government of neglecting the problems being faced by the people, especially the farmers.

He said that the situation had turned so bad that the TRS workers would raise a banner of revolt against the leadership if the latter skipped discussions on the farmers' issues during the plenary session.

He said at least one farmer was committing suicide in the state each day. On Tuesday, three farmers had committed suicide. But the state government was silent on these suicides, he alleged.

Gandra said that the TRS government had also neglected the students and the youth, who had played an active role in the formation of Telangana. He said that the state government had taken no steps to provide the promised one lakh jobs to the educated unemployed youth.

He advised the TRS government to concentrate on fulfilling the promises that it had made to the people in its manifesto.

When asked about the reported defections of a few more Congress leaders to the TRS, Gandra said that the Congress party was not worried about them. However, he advised the leaders to quit from their posts before joining the ruling party.

He did admit that some leaders were blackmailing the Congress by threatening to defect to the TRS. (INN)