Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao accepted the challenge thrown by TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu, of facing another by-election by resigning from the Lok Sabha seat.
Addressing an election meeting at Kollahpur on Sunday, KCR said that he, along with all TRS MPs and MLAs, would resign from his post and face the by-polls.
However, he said that Chandrababu Naidu, too, must resign along with his MLAs and MPs. He said that if Naidu was ready to face by-elections, then he (KCR) would be the first to submit his resignation.
KCR accused Naidu of blocking the formation of Telangana in December 2010. He said that Naidu, in connivance with the then Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy, had enacted a drama of resignations by Seemandhra MLAs to block the formation of Telangana.
Describing TDP as a Seemandhra party, he said that no leader from the Telangana region could become Chief Minister or party president if the TDP comes to power.
Similarly, the Congress party, too, represents the Seemandhra region, wherein all major portfolios have been allocated to leaders of the region, he said.
Former minister and Nagarkurnool candidate Nagam Janardhan Reddy predicted his victory in the by-elections, and said that the Congress and the TDP would not even be able to secure their deposits. (INN)