KCR 'insecure', walking the same path as Congress: PM Modi in Telangana

Nizamabad: Addressing his first poll rally in Telangana ahead of the December 7 elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao by saying that he was walking on the same path as the Congress party.

"Telangana chief minister and his family think they can rule without doing any work like the Congress did for years," said Modi at the poll rally.

He added, "The chief minister of this state is walking on Congress' path. He thinks that if Congress can win elections without doing anything, he too can do it. But he must know that youth of the state are aware of the ground realities."

He also accused the TRS and Congress of perpetuating family rule. "TRS and Congress are family-ruled parties playing a friendly match in Telangana polls," he said.

Speaking about Nizamabad, from where he was addressing the rally, Modi said, "The CM had said he will transform Nizamabad into London city. But look at the condition of this region. The place lacks basic facilities like water, roads and power."

PM Modi also rapped the TRS government in regards to the Ayushmaan Bharat scheme which was launched in September to provide medical facilities on a massive scale to the poor.

However, the Telangana govt had said that it won't implement the scheme, for now, citing an already existing state scheme.

"Telangana CM did not join Ayushman Bharat scheme because he feels insecure. The scheme was launched two months ago and three lakh families have availed its benefits. Serious operations have been done, people's lives have been saved. Yet, not a single person from Telangana has availed its benefits.Your CM is responsible for it," said PM Modi.

Amid reports that the Congress was preparing a manifesto that would envisage separate schools and hospitals for Muslims, Modi said the only Mantra that the BJP followed was "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas" and was against vote bank politics.