Etala has joined a sinking ship: TRS

TRS intrigued over Shah, Nadda’s absence at Etala fete

Ministers and TRS leaders are intrigued by the absence of Union home minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J.P. Nadda at the BJP headquarters in Delhi when former TRS leader Etala Rajendar and some other leaders from the state joined the party on Monday. They termed the future of these leaders in the saffron party as “ominous.”

They said Rajendar had dug his own grave with his decision to quit the TRS, even as Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao had accorded him highest priority in the party and the government. They exuded confidence that the TRS will retain Huzurabad Assembly seat with a record majority in the coming bypoll.

Ministers G. Jagadish Reddy, Gangula Kamalakar and TRS leaders Palla Rajeshwar Reddy, Vemula Prashanth Reddy addressed separate press conferences on Monday to lash out at Rajendar. They were gleeful that top-level national BJP leaders ignored Rajendar and did not attend the Delhi event.

“Etala will soon fade away in the BJP and also from Telangana politics,” they said. “Etala has joined a sinking ship. People

are furious at BJP for making petrol and diesel unaffordable. People are ready to bury BJP not only in Telangana state but across India whenever the next elections are held. Etala joined a party that failed on all

fronts. He will not get any high office in the BJP and this is clear from the lukewarm response he got in Delhi. Soon, he will fade away along with BJP,” said Jagadish Reddy.

Minister

Kamalakar

compared Rajendar with TD chief N. Chandrababu Naidu. “Etala attempted to backstab Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao and he is eyeing the CM post in future but it will not happen,” Kamalakar said.