KTR condemns SIT notice to KCR

BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Thursday criticised the Congress government over the SIT notice to former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao in the alleged phone-tapping case, calling it political revenge and an attempt to divert attention from governance failures

Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao came down heavily on the Congress government over the notice issued by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao in the alleged phone-tapping case. Condemning the action, he termed it an act of political revenge rather than a genuine investigation.

Reacting to the SIT notices, Rama Rao said Chandrashekhar Rao was the leader who spearheaded the Telangana Statehood movement and even risked his life to achieve Statehood. He recalled that the visionary leader steered the State’s development for a decade after State formation by ensuring development and welfare of all citizens through novel initiatives like Rythu Bandhu, Mission Bhagiratha, Mission Kakatiya and numerous irrigation projects.

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The Congress, which came to power with grand promises, had failed to deliver and was now resorting to diversionary tactics in the name of investigations, he said, adding that the government was attempting to tarnish Chandrashekhar Rao’s reputation to cover up its own failures.

“This is not an investigation, but revenge. This is not justice, but political malice,” he remarked, stating that the Congress government was using investigation agencies as tools to intimidate the opposition with notices and probes.

The BRS working president asserted that Chandrashekhar Rao remained a people’s leader and warned that any attempt to undermine his legacy would invite a public backlash. He reiterated that the BRS would continue to resist vindictive politics and take the fight to the people.