TRS To Contest From Kovvur Seat

Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao, on Sunday, announced that his party would field its candidate from Kovvur seat in Nellore district, in the by-elections to be held on 18 March.

Addressing a press conference at Telangana Bhavan, Chandrasekhar Rao questioned why, if people from Seemandhra could participate in elections from the Telangana region, people from Telangana could not win elections in Seemandhra.

He said that the TRS' participation would also expose how voters in Seemandhra treat Telangana candidates.

However, he said the candidate for Kovvur seat would be announced in 2-3 days, after discussing the issue with other leaders in the party.

Speaking about Chandrababu Naidu, KCR said that the TDP president has been making statements about Telangana and TRS leaders due to the pause in the statehood agitation.

"Naidu and other leaders will go underground when we revive the agitation in April," he said.

KCR claimed that all surveys done in the region have predicted a clean sweep for the TRS in the by-elections, and that that was reason why Naidu has been making comments about the TRS.

He announced that the TRS would expose the irregularities that had taken during Naidu's regime as Chief Minister.

The TRS chief refuted the allegations leveled by Chandrababu Naidu that he owned 70 acres of land.

He claimed that he owns only 24 acres of land, and that he would quit politics if Naidu proves his allegations.

He, instead, sought to ask Naidu to explain how his mother, Ammanamma, who owns just 2 acres of land, gave Naidu's son Lokesh a loan of Rs. 50 lakh.

He also sought details of the sources of funding for Lokesh's education in Stanford University. He said about Rs. 22 crore has been spent on Lokesh's education. (INN)