Hyderabad: A TRS MLA passing through Gadwal was stumped at the sight of people conducting “Palabhisekham” to a photo of Congress MLA D.K. Aruna after Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar asked the High Powered Committee to study the feasibility of district status to the area. What shocked the MLA was the sloganeering for Ms Aruna, but not for Mr Rao who accepted the demand.
Though Ms Aruna thanked the CM, she is being credited with achieving Gadwal district. “I was really shocked. We accepted the district demand, but credit went to the Congress leader since she fought for it,” the MLA said.
Though the TRS government has got the credit for carving out 21 new districts, in the process it has helped the Opposition, especially the Congress, which rallied the people on the issue.
A case in point is Sircilla. Initially, the CM, minister K.T. Rama Rao and others ruled out Sircilla district as unviable. Soon after, locals backed by the Congress, TD and BJP leaders took up an agitation and got support from the people, forcing the government to concede to the demand.
“For Sircilla’s sake, KCR agreed to Jangaon and Gadwal districts,” a Congress leader claimed. Ditto with Jangaon, where former PCC chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah, supported by leaders of all parties, led the fight and achieved district status.
