KCR: No possibility of midterm elections

CM asks Congress to withdraw cases against projects

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of early elections in the state.

“There will be no early elections; elections will be as scheduled in 2019,” he said.

Mr Rao, while replying to Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s address in the Legislative Council, reacted to the speculation of TPCC chief N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and others, that the sops announced in the Budget indicated midterm polls.

Taking a dig at the Congress for levelling baseless allegations and trying to stall projects by moving courts, the CM advised Leader of the Opposition Mohd. Ali Shabbir to withdraw pending cases and sought his party’s cooperation in completion of irrigation and other projects in the state.

“Telangana ki tehzeeb, Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb hai. We will get rid of evils in the society. I need your cooperation in this regard, ensure clean society and accelerate development,” he said.

Mr Rao said that while Deputy CM Kadiam Srihari was trying to regularise contract employees in his education department, a Congress leader got a stay from High Court.

When Mr Shabbir Ali said that sheep of other states were not suitable for Hyderabadi biryani, Mr Rao said, “Congress made a bakra of the people all along. Shabbir ji, you don’t know which sheep biryani you are eating now.”