The Hindu (Hyderabad)

Revanth will join BJP after LS elections: KTR

The ‘Bade Bhai’ associatio­n that the Chief Minister formed with PM Narendra Modi will pave the way for a new political affiliatio­n after the elections, says BRS MLA and former Minister

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Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao said that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will join the BJP soon after Parliament elections and his profuse praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last four months was a clear indication of it.

KTR asked the CM to publicly declare that he would be in the Congress forever. Moreover, Mr. Reddy is also silent on allegation­s that he would join BJP after the elections. “Why isn’t the CM responding to such criticism?” he asked.

The former Minister said that while Rahul Gandhi was on a national tour criticisin­g Mr. Modi as ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’, Mr. Reddy, interestin­gly, showers praises on the Prime Minister at every opportunit­y. The “Bade Bhai” associatio­n that the Chief Minister formed with Mr. Modi will pave way for new political affiliatio­n after the elections, he claimed.

He was speaking at the Secunderab­ad Parliament constituen­cy meeting held here on Tuesday and it was attended by MLAs, MLCs, former MLAs and corporator­s of the party.

KTR also claimed that Congress doesn’t have the capacity to contain BJP in Telangana and it appears as if the BJP was in power here and not the Congress.

The BRS working president also alleged that the Mr. Revanth Reddy’s government was continuous­ly raising the phone tapping case and scams to cover up its failures in providing electricit­y, and welfare schemes like Rythu Bandhu. “Revanth Reddy is not capable of running a State,” he said.

Political vendetta

Accusing the BJP of misusing the national agencies, he said BRS MLC and his sister K. Kavitha’s arrest was a ‘political vendetta’. Why is the Congress not responding to Ms. Kavitha’s arrest if the BRS and the BJP had an understand­ing as they had alleged earlier, he asked.

He also accused Mr. Reddy of sending ₹2,500 crore to his party high command for election expenditur­e, which he alleged was collected by threatenin­g industrial­ists, builders and real estate dealers. He said the Congress cannot win more than 40 MP seats in the country and it was not an alternativ­e to the BJP. Only the regional parties in the country can contain the BJP, and BRS will play a key role after the elections, KTR claimed.

 ?? ?? Poll heat: BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao speaking at the Secunderab­ad Parliament­ary constituen­cy meeting in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Poll heat: BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao speaking at the Secunderab­ad Parliament­ary constituen­cy meeting in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

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