KCR Intimidating Opposition Leaders: Congress

Leader of Opposition in the Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir accused Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao of trying to intimidate the leaders of the Opposition parties in the State, the latest such act being threatening them with defamation cases.

Speaking after paying tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 25th death anniversary at a function organised by Congress MP V Hanumantha Rao at the Rajiv Gandhi statue at Somajiguda today, Shabbir Ali said that the Congress would never get affected by such threats.

"We will continue to raise the people's issues and expose the failures of the TRS government. The Congress brought freedom for the country and granted statehood for Telangana. While doing so, its leaders faced several difficulties. It has always been an honour for Congress leaders to make sacrifices and even go to jail for the sake of the common people, and we will continue to do so," he said.

Shabbir Ali said that the TRS government had been trying to suppress the voice of the Opposition leaders right since the beginning, but the Congress leaders had still been exposing the failures of KCR and his government at regular intervals.

"We will not keep quiet when injustices are done to the people. KCR has created a shield of lies and deception around him, and doesn't want anyone to expose his face. As a responsible Opposition party, the Congress will expose the failures of the TRS government at all levels. We will also support the government if it does something good for the people," he said.