Praveen Kumar joins BRS with supporters
Former IPS officer and president of State unit of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) till the other other day, R.S. Praveen Kumar joined BRS along with a large number of his supporters including functionaries of BSP in the presence of BRS president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao at Gajwel on Monday.
Speaking after joining the party, Mr. Praveen Kumar said he had no other option but to quit the BSP as party chief Mayawati had tried to pressurise him to scrap the poll alliance entered into with BRS in Telangana following the coercive tactics of the BJP leadership. He had taken to the path of politics not to amass wealth but to serve people in every possible capacity, he claimed.
The former IPS officer alleged that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy was try
ing to threaten him with the talk of being answerable to the people of Telangana for his decision to join BRS. Earlier, Mr. Praveen as given a rousing welcome at Telangana Bhavan the headquarters of BRS before proceeding to Gajwel.
KCR speaks
BRS president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao observed that people of Telangana are now realising that they have fallen prey to the false promises of the Congress.
Speaking after welcoming Mr. Praveen Kumar into BRS on Monday, he said the value of horses would be known only after one believes in the donkeys. There was need to further improve the social awareness among ‘Bahujans’ by taking along the poor among upper castes and other likeminded forces. He reiterated that Dalit Bandhu was a pathbreaking initiative.