Accusing the leaders from Seemandhra of exaggerating the damage caused to statues of prominent Telugu personalities on Tank Bund during the Million March, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K Chandrasekhar Rao alleged that the incident was being exaggerated to derive political mileage.
Talking to mediapersons at Chityal mandal in Nalgonda district, the TRS chief stated that the Seemandhra leaders were comparing Telangana activists to the Taliban, who had destroyed the Buddha statue in Bamiyan, Afghanistan in 2001.
KCR stated that the Telangana activists turned their ire against the statues, as they were frustrated due to the restrictions imposed on the Million March and due to the arrests of Telangana leaders.
The activists resorted to vandalism as there was no popular leader to control them since the police had arrested Telangana leaders as part of their attempt to curb the Million March, KCR pointed out.
The TRS chief also stated that the people of Telangana will dump the Congress party into the Bay of Bengal if it (Congress) fails to introduce the Telangana bill in Parliament.
KCR further alleged that the Congress was conspiring to get other parties to merge into its fold. He added that this conspiracy will not work with the TRS and vowed never to merge his party into the Congress.
The TRS chief also vowed to implement welfare schemes for the poor and downtrodden, on the lines of Tamil Nadu government, after the formation of Telangana state.
He called upon all Telangana leaders to sink their differences, and make united efforts towards formation of a separate state.
KCR also challenged Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy's commitment towards toddy tappers welfare, and asked him to reopen the 400 toddy shops that were closed down.
Courtesy: INN
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