Congress, Revanth Reddy had no role in Telangana formation: Harish Rao

Harish Rao said the Congress was trying to take all the credit for the formation of the State. However, the people of the State were well aware of how former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao led the movement from the front for 14 years. More than 1,200 people had laid down their lives during this period.

Sangareddy: Former Minister T Harish Rao lashed out at the Congress and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for taking credit for the formation of Telangana.

Speaking to news reporters in Sangareddy on Wednesday, Harish Rao said the Congress was trying to take all the credit for the formation of the State. However, the people of the State were well aware of how former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao led the movement from the front for 14 years. More than 1,200 people had laid down their lives during this period. The State of Telangana would not have been realised had Chandrashekhar Rao not launched his historic hunger strike, Harish Rao said, adding that the delay in formation of the State had cost the lives of many people during the 1969 movement and as well as the second phase of the movement when Congress was in power.

---

Recalling how Chandrashekhar Rao strove to force the Congress government to declare the formation of the State, he pointed out that Revanth Reddy played no role in the second phase of the movement. Revanth Reddy was with the Telugu Desam Party, which strongly opposed the formation of Telangana.

Earlier, Harish Rao garlanded the statue of Telangana Thalli on the premises of the Sangareddy collectorate. He said lakhs of Telangana Thalli idols were installed across Telangana even on the premises of government offices during the last 20 years. “Will Revanth Reddy remove all these statues?” he asked.

Later, they presented a representation to Collector Valluru Kranthi regarding various pending works in Sangareddy district.