Hyderabad: Claiming that the Telugu Desam was instrumental in developing Hyderabad, the party’s national president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday asked people to ensure a big victory for the BJP-TD combine in the GHMC polls since it would be a stepping stone for the 2019 General Elections.
Surprisingly, Mr Naidu speech focused only on development and he did not utter a word against TRS president and TS Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao nor did he ask the people to defeat the TRS. He also avoided talking ill about other parties.
However, there were no such reservations with regard to other TD and BJP leaders, including Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya, TS BJP president G. Kishan Reddy, TD leader Nara Lokesh, TS TD working president A. Revanth Reddy and others, went hammer and tongs against Mr Chandrasekhar Rao, his government and family members, especially K.T. Rama Rao, K. Kavitha and T. Harish Rao.
Mr Revanth Reddy said Telangana was achieved due to sacrifices of martyrs like Srikantachary, constable Kistaiah and others but not due to a “drunkard like KCR”, a statement that was greeted with wild applause.
He accepted Mr Rama Rao’s challenge and said that if the TRS wins a 100 divisions, he would resign as MLA and leave TS forever.
