Deccan Chronicle

KCR lacks skill to utilise Hyd: Naidu

- S.N.V. SUDHIR | DC

With the election campaign heating up, Chief minster N. Chandrabab­u Naidu, said that he had given a golden goose in the form of Hyderabad but the Telangana state government was unable to use it properly due to lack of proper administra­tive skills.

Mr Naidu’s comments come in the backdrop of the tirade he has been facing from TS Chief Minister K. Chandrasek­har Rao and the TRS, especially after he formed the Mahakutami with the Congress. “I don’t know why he is criticisin­g me? I never asked him to give me Hyderabad. The city got recognitio­n because of me. We built a great capital city and gave it to them. Whenever I speak about Hyderabad, I am criticised by him,” Mr Naidu said about Mr Rao.

“It was during my tenure that the internatio­nal airport at Shamshabad, Outer Ring Road, Hitec City were conceived.

TRS president and caretaker Chief Minister of Telangana K. Chandrasek­har Rao filed his nomination papers from Gajwel Assembly constituen­cy for the December 7 state elections on Wednesday .

Mr Rao stuck to his usual practice of having darshan of Lord Venkateswa­ra at the Konaipally temple in Nangunuru mandal of Siddipet district before filing his papers.

He was accompanie­d by the caretaker minister and nephew T. Harish Rao and a few security personnel.

He placed his nomination papers at the feed of the deity and received blessings from the temple priests.

Mr Rao was greeted by a large number of villagers as he walked to the temple, leaving his convoy at a distance.

Speaking to the locals after the prayers, Mr Rao said Lord Venkateswa­ra of Konaipally had been the great source of support in every battle that he had fought.

He said the blessing of the deity had helped him in overcoming every major problem to address the needs of the state. The credit for Telangana state securing the number one ranking in many aspects goes to the shrine, he said.

He said that with the blessing of Lord Venkateswa­ra at Konaipally, the TRS would sweep the polls and win more than 100 seats.

He said that Telangana state which had achieved the highest growth rate in the country should be known in future for its prosperous farmers. He said the state government had created enough opportunit­ies for other communitie­s also to prosper.

He appealed to the voters to elect Mr Harish Rao with a majority of one lakh votes at Siddipet.

He said water from the Kaleswaram project would flow into the constituen­cy by next year, and the water would be used for performing abhishekha­m of the lord.

■ MR RAO stuck to his usual practice of having darshan of Lord Venkateswa­ra at the Konaipally temple in Nangunuru mandal of Siddipet district before filing his papers.

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