Deccan Chronicle

KTR SELLS ICE CREAM TO RAISE `7L FOR TRS

- DC CORRESPOND­ENT

IT and municipal administra­tion minister K.T. Rama Rao made a cool `7 lakh for the TRS by selling ice cream and juice. Mr Rama Rao played the role of ‘Gulabi coolie’ at an ice cream parlour called Las Vegas at Suchitra Circle, Qutballapu­r on the Hyderabad-Nagpur National Highway, to raise funds for the party plenary, foundation day celebratio­ns and public meeting to be held in Warangal on April 27.

Quthballap­ur TRS MLA Vivekanand organised the event at the ice cream parlour owned by one M. Sudhir Reddy.

IT and municipal administra­tion minister K.T. Rama Rao made a cool `7 lakh for the TRS, selling ice cream and juice!

“KTR garu spent 45 minutes at the ice cream parlour. He served five ice creams. He also served juice at ‘T Planet’ in the same premises,” Mr Sudhir Reddy told DC.

Mr Rama Rao sportingly borrowed the parlour boy’s dress and “sold” ice creams to MPs Ch. Malla Reddy and Balka Suman, mayor Ramamohan, MLA Vivekanand Goud, MLC Shambipur Raju, K. Srinivas Reddy and others. Some women also bought ice-creams from him and posed for photos with him.

Mr Mallareddy gave a cheque of `5 lakh to Mr Rama Rao, ice cream parlour’s owner Sudhir Reddy gave `1 lakh and TRS leader K. Srinivas Reddy donated `1 lakh.

“KTR earned `7 lakh in one hour,” a TRS leader said.

Two days ago, energy minister Jagadish Reddy earned `3 lakh working as a coolie in two industries in Narketpall­y of Nalgonda district. Chief Minister K. Chandrasek­har Rao is planning to do the coolie work too.

It was he who called on party leaders and workers to raise funds for the party’s foundation day programme.

Mr Rama Rao also participat­ed in the Ambedkar Jayanti celebratio­ns at Audaiah Nagar in Secunderab­ad and other places along with ministers T. Srinivas Yadav, Padma Rao Goud, and Mr Suman among others.

He announced that the pending registrati­on of houses for weaker sections at Audaiah Nagar, Nallagutta and Bhoiguda will be completed in a week.

 ??  ?? Minister Mr. K.T.Rama Rao at Qutballapu­r on Friday.
Minister Mr. K.T.Rama Rao at Qutballapu­r on Friday.

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