Will act tough against bid to topple govt: T’gana CM
HYDERABAD: Alleging that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are conspiring to pull down his government, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said that he will have to make some tough decisions to counter this conspiracy.
He also stated that with the election code coming into force for Lok Sabha elections, he began his political role as state president of the Congress party.
“From today, I have started playing a political role. Since the poll bugle has been sounded, I will now show my political role as president of the political party,” he said. His remarks at a ‘Meet the Press’ programme came a few minutes before a sitting MP and a sitting MLA of BRS joined the Congress party.
Revanth Reddy, who completed 100 days in office on Sunday, said leaders of both BRS and BJP were speaking the same language on the future of his government. Referring to BJP MP Laxman’s prediction that the Congress government will collapse after the Lok Sabha elections, he said BRS leader Kadiam Srihari had also made a similar statement earlier.
“BRS has 38 MLAs and BJP has eight. How can they form the government without adopting some other tricks? Shall we keep quiet when they are conspiring against the government,” he asked. He claimed that in 100 days the government tried to give good governance and made no attempt to encourage defections. “For 100 days as Chief Minister, I focussed only on governance. Working daily for 18 hours, I tried to provide transparent governance,” he said.
Comparing KCR’s 10-year rule with Nizam’s rule, Revanth Reddy alleged that like Nizam, KCR also acted in an autocratic manner and wanted to keep people as bonded labour citing the development and welfare works done by him. He said the BRS Chief also followed Nizam by trying to continue family rule with autocracy.
He said December 3, 2023 (when elections results were declared) has the same significance as September 17, 1948, when Hyderabad got liberation.