RAMPANT ABUSE OF POWER: UTTAM

The Congress on Sunday termed the TRS public meeting at Konganara Kalan as an ‘utter flop’.

TPCC chief N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had boasted of holding the meeting with 25 lakh people but in reality not even five lakh people turned up even after the TRS government misused power and official machinery.

“It is clearly evident that not even 5 lakh people have turned up for the meeting. They have booked over 8,000 TSRTC buses. They threatened managements of private schools and colleges through RTA officials and forcibly used their buses for transportation. They also threatened private tour operators and forcibly took their vehicles. Despite doing all this, they could not gather even 5 lakh people,” he said.

“The meeting clearly reflects how people are fed up with the misrule of the TRS government and KCR. The meeting proved beyond doubt that TRS would bite the dust in elections, whether they are advanced or held as scheduled,” the TPCC leader said.

Addressing a press conference here, he alleged that Mr Rao’s speech at the meeting was a ‘bunch of lies’.

“KCR made false claims on power, irrigation and agriculture. The fact remains that the TRS government could not start even a single power plant after it came to power. All the projects that started power generation were planned and executed during the Congress regime while the TRS only did inaugurations,” Mr Reddy stated.

He also mocked at the CM’s statement that he threatened Mr Modi to approve the new zonal system. “If that was so, why he could not do the same in the case of 12 per cent reservations for Muslims?” he asked.

He said that with his pale speech and dejected look, the CM had openly admitted TRS’ defeat in the ensuing elections.