Telangana Congress leaders unfazed by K Chandrasekhar Rao's legal action threat

Hyderabad: Telangana Congress leaders on Saturday flayed Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s statement that defamation cases will be slapped on Opposition leaders if they continue to accuse his government of corruption without showing proof.

TPCC leaders N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Mohd. Shabbir Ali accused Mr Rao of trying to gag the Opposition with threats. Speaking at a function organised at the Gandhi Bhavan to mark the 25th year of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, Mr Reddy said such intimidating statements does not suit the stature of a person holding the post of the Chief Minister.

“KCR must realise that in a democracy, the Opposition has a right to criticise the wrong policies of the government. It is the responsibility of the government to rebut the allegations. He wants the Opposition, especially the Congress, to remain silent on his wrong policies,” Mr Reddy said. He said Congress will continue to highlight the failures of the TRS government, unmindful of the consequences.

“KCR is becoming increasingly arrogant. Now he has stooped to threatening Opposition leaders,” Mr Reddy said. Elsewhere, Mr Shabbir Ali said, “We will continue to raise people’s issues and expose the failures of the TRS government. Congress is not afraid to speak the truth.”