KCR Salutes DS For Joining TRS, Blasts Naidu

Saluting former APCC chief and former minister D Srinivas for joining the TRS fold officially at Telangana Bhavan, Telangana Chief Minister and TRS supremo K Chandrashekar Rao said that the former's vast experience and capabilities as a matured politician and a linguist would prove handy in the process of building a golden Telangana. With DS' entry, the TRS and the state would see a new era of success, he exuded confidence.

An elated KCR also called himself a younger brother of DS, saying that he had about three decades of attachment with DS in politics and used to take suggestions during the Telangana statehood movement.

"Our party leaders from Nizamabad extended their full support to inviting DS into the TRS fold to strengthen the party and the State," he revealed.

Earlier, a sizeable number of followers of DS, including ZPTCs, MPTCs, MPPs and sarpanches, joined the TRS, with KCR offering them the conventional "pink shawls".

KCR also attacked his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu for "poking his nose into Telangana affairs", and accused the latter of coming in the way of the development of Telangana - an "infant of one year". He blasted Naidu for continuously trying to disturb Telangana with obstacles and conspiracies.

The Telangana CM expressed surprise as to why Naidu, instead of focusing on the problems and difficulties in the 13 districts of AP, was indulging in raking up one issue or other.

"Indeed, we did not do anything, and only caught his MLA red-handed in the cash scam", he said. "We will lead our own lives and Naidu should mind his own business. We will not tolerate anyone coming in our way."

KCR also lashed out at the persistent criticism by the Telugu Desam Party and the Congress against the TRS government, and asked them to keep away from "useless" politics. (NSS)