Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao today launched a scathing attack on Telugu Desam Party president and AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu for his remarks at the TDP's Mahanadu that it was Naidu who had developed Hyderabad and Telangana during the TDP rule.
Talking to the media on Wednesday, the minister rebutted in strong words that Naidu, who had suspected a possible attack and revolt by the people if the Mahanadu was conducted in Andhra Pradesh, had conveniently shifted it to Hyderabad.
"We are not ready to accept Naidu's remarks of developing Hyderabad and Telangana," he said, and wanted to know why the former had failed to win the elections if he had really developed the city.
KTR said that Nizamabad MP Kavitha, Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao and he himself had become leaders as the people wanted and elected them.
Referring to the suicides during the statehood struggle, KTR attributed them to the incompetence of the Telugu Desam Party and the Congress governments.
"These two parties are equally responsible for the suicides committed by students and the youth during Telangana agitation," KTR charged.
He also remarked that Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was a "gigantic tree" under whose leadership the government was progressing fast in developing the state.
"Our aim is to transform the state into a Bangaru Telangana through persistent efforts involving the people and the official machinery," he said. (NSS)
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