Deccan Chronicle

TRS-BJP secret pact behind joint polls plan: Congress

- DC CORRESPOND­ENT

The Congress on Monday alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrasek­har Rao extending complete support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of holding simultaneo­us elections to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies exposed the 'secret pact' between the BJP and the TRS yet again.

Senior Congress leader Mallu Ravi said the TRS had supported all initiative­s taken up by the NDA government from GST to demonetisa­tion as well as the election of the President and VicePresid­ent. That the TRS supported simultaneo­us polls when a majority of parties were opposed to it proved beyond doubt that it and the BJP were one and the same.

“State BJP leaders take out yatras criticisin­g the TRS and KCR. KCR and KTR get Modi’s appointmen­t within hours while others struggle for months and years. Central ministers come to the state and praise KCR. This is all nothing but a drama enacted by Modi, Amit Shah and KCR to mislead the people," Mr Ravi said.

The Congress on Monday held a ‘Bharat Bachao Rally’ in Hyderabad against the alleged anti-people policies of the BJP government at the Centre.

Congress activists tried to lay siege to Pragathi Bhavan to protest IT minister K.T. Rama Rao calling AICC president Sonia Gandhi ‘amma, bomma’ but were stopped by the police.

AICC TS affairs incharge R.C. Khuntia said the TRS and the BJP had entered into a secret pact to fight the Congress in 2019.

 ?? P Surendra ?? Congress and Indian Youth Congress leaders take part in the party's Bharat Bachao Andolan at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Monday. —
P Surendra Congress and Indian Youth Congress leaders take part in the party's Bharat Bachao Andolan at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad on Monday. —

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