Deccan Chronicle

Bandi questions KCR Kaleshwara­m plans

BJP leader alleges CM clearing way for KTR succession

- DC CORRESPOND­ENT

A campaign to raise funds and collect bricks for the constructi­on of the Ram mandir in Ayodhya was launched on Wednesday by the BJP, styled as Jana Jagaran under the Sri Rama Janmabhoom­i Tirtha Kshetra Trust.

State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, the Karimnagar MP, inaugurate­d the drive at Borabanda in the city. The campaign will continue till February 10, Sanjay said, adding he would be touring the state. He called on every

Hindu to give a brick each for the mandir constructi­on.

Sanjay referred to speculatio­ns about minister K.T. Rama Rao taking over as Chief Minister soon, and said he had also heard that the father and son have begun conducting pujas by way of preparatio­ns for this.

Taking a dig at the Chandrashe­kar Rao for going to the Kaleshwara­m project on Tuesday and performing pujas, Sanjay said: “KCR conducted a special puja to wash away the sins of KTR before he’s made the Chief Minister. He went to Kaleshwara­m for the purpose of immersing the puja material in the Triveni Sangamam.”

Sanjay alleged that the Chief Minister was misleading the people about the Kaleshwara­m project. Referring to the Chief Minister’s plans of using additional water from the project, Sanjay said: “What is the use of a third tmc ft of water from Kaleshwara­m when the CM has failed to take the constructi­on of the project forward with redesignin­g.”

The project is designed to draw two tmc ft (thousand million cubic feet) and the government plans to increase it to three tmc ft.

The BJP leader alleged that the Chief Minister has plans to “spirit away” `3 lakh crore in the remaining three years of his party’s governance till the 2023 Assembly elections. “Why not make Etala Rajendar the Chief Minister? He was a real fighter for Telangana, more than K.T. Rama Rao,” Sanjay asked.

If Chandrashe­kar Rao makes a Dalit MLA the Chief Minister, the people of Telangana state would be happy, he added.

 ?? — R. PAVAN ?? BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar launches the Jana Jagaran programme to collects donations for the constructi­on of the Ram mandir at Ayodhya, at Sevala Basti, Site 3, Borabanda, in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
— R. PAVAN BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar launches the Jana Jagaran programme to collects donations for the constructi­on of the Ram mandir at Ayodhya, at Sevala Basti, Site 3, Borabanda, in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

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