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Rao said the Election Commission did not act against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy though he attempted to create differences between castes in the State during his speeches.

Chandrashekhar Rao also trained his guns at Modi for not acting upon the allegations against Chief Minister Revanth Reddy of collecting 'RR' tax in Telangana.

Chandrashekhar Rao exuded confidence that the BRS would be able to take the State in its stride once again if the mood of the people across the districts he had toured so far was any indication.

He had a review with elected representatives and former MLAs at the residence of former Minister V Srinivas Goud on the strategies to be adopted in the upcoming parliamentary polls in the district.

As a leader wedded to the cause of development, he seeks to address issues sharing his point of view on social media platforms. Rao has opened his X account in the name of @KCRBRSpresident.

Will these things fill our empty stomachs or bring water to our agricultural fields?" he asked, receiving a rousing response from the crowd.

The BJP would win "one or none", he said, stating that even union Minister G Kishan Reddy would lose in Secunderabad with the BRS fielding T Padma Rao Goud, who was sure to win.

Asserting that electricity was key to development, he laid out in detail how his government facilitated linking of Angul-Palasa and Wardha-Ditchpally lines connected to the national grid, while the Warangal-Warora line was nearing completion.

The BRS chief will be holding road shows at Miryalaguda and Suryapet on April 24 and at Bhongir on April 25.

The Congress, which promised to scale up the Dalit Bandhu assistance from Rs.10 lakh to Rs.12 lakh, had however frozen the funds, proving that it had intended nothing but mere lip service.

On the occasion, Chandrashekhar Rao remembered various initiatives of the previous BRS government for socio-economic progress of the marginalised sections in Telangana and subsequent development in last 10 years.

In a statement, Chandrashekhar Rao said the previous BRS regime ensured religious equality, upheld secular traditions of 'Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb' and also developed the new State as a hub for communal harmony and peace, in the last 10 years.

The BRS president commenced his tour from the Erravelli farmhouse and reached Darawath thanda in Palakurthy constituency on Sunday. He interacted with farmers, who mostly cultivated paddy crops.

Chandrashekhar Rao had earlier given a call to party leaders including MPs, MLAs, MLCs and Lok Sabha candidates as well to undertake similar visits in their constituencies to meet affected farmers and to instil confidence in them.

The BRS president had discussions with the party leaders from the constituencies concerned before announcing their names.

KT Rama Rao has been suffering with severe fever and flu symptoms for the last two days, and hence, was asked to rest for two more days.

The BRS considers its strong presence in the Lok Sabha as crucial for safeguarding Telangana's interests, as both the BJP and Congress, with their national agendas, might ignore the needs of people in the State.

The party decided to field Naveen Kumar Reddy as its nominee after elaborate discussions with the party leaders and functionaries from the district recently.

Speaking to mediapersons at Telangana Bhavan here on Friday, Krishank said the previous BRS government launched Strategic Road Development Programme (SRDP) where 36 of 48 projects including flyovers, under-passes and link roads were constructed in Hyderabad.

The 33-year-old MLA from Secunderabad Cantonment constituency died when the car she was travelling in hit the railing on Outer Ring Road (ORR) near Hyderabad early Friday morning.