KTR refutes Modi’s claims on BRS seeking political alliances

KT Rama Rao firmly stated that the party never sought political alliances during elections since the formation of the State

Hyderabad: Proving that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was lying through his teeth while claiming that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had approached him to join the NDA and for help after the 2020 GHMC elections, BRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao on Wednesday said contrary to what Modi said, it was the BJP that had in fact tried to ally with the BRS (then TRS).

This was in 2018, after the Assembly elections, with different BJP leaders, right from the then BJP State president K Laxman, BJP national leaders GVL Narsimha Rao and D Purandeswari all speaking in public expressing the BJP’s willingness to support the TRS if given an opportunity. The TRS had shot down the offer stating it did not need the help of any party to win a clear majority in the Assembly. After the 2020 GHMC elections too, the TRS did not require support of the BJP to form its own ruling dispensation in the corporation, he said.

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“Why does the BRS need the support of the BJP in the GHMC elections when we had the strength to form on our own?” he asked.

Asserting that the BRS never sought political alliances during elections since the formation of the State, Rama Rao said it has consistently been the opposition parties that have forged alliances, putting aside ideological differences to challenge the formidable K Chandrashekhar Rao-led government. The BRS had in 2018 rejected Laxman’s offer outright, the very next minute it was made, he said.

“Could the offer have been made without the approval of his Delhi bosses?” Rama Rao asked.

Ridiculing the allegations of the Prime Minister, the BRS working president said political tourists with selective amnesia who were fabricating stories should know this. He also questioned the rationale behind such a move. He asked, “Why should BRS ally with a party that didn’t even secure deposits in 105 assembly segments?”

Rama Rao also highlighted the BRS’s strong electoral performance, particularly in the GHMC elections, where they demonstrated the capability to rule the corporation on its own. He made it clear that the BRS stood as a party of fighters, not cheaters.

Following the Minister’s post on X (formerly Twitter), there were others who posted videos and news reports of GVL Narasimha Rao and Purandeswari expressing the BJP’s willingness to support the BRS, thus proving it was the BJP which has always been trying to join the BRS camp, and not the other way round.