The Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) working President and IT minister K.T. Rama Rao. said that BRS will focus on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls rather than the Assembly polls to be held in a few states.
Furthermore, he said that he was confident that BRS would receive ‘national party recognition’ from the Election Commission of India (ECI).
KTR claimed that the BJP government at the Centre was monitoring the files on his phone. Moreover, he said that the Centre had used Pegasus spyware to tap his phone and the phones of 10,000 others, including Opposition leaders and journalists.
While speaking to the reporters on Friday , KTR said, BRS’s immediate focus for launching political activities would be neighbouring states like Maharashtra and Karnataka, where people were demanding the Telangana government’s welfare schemes.
Replying to the question asked by one of the journalist, he dismissed Opposition parties’ claims that the TRS had lost its “emotional Telangana connect” with the people by removing Telangana from the party’s name.
Subsequently, when he was asked about BRS entering Andhra Pradesh, Rama Rao avoided a direct response, instead saying, “There is no one in both the Telugu states who doesn’t know about KCR. When the time comes, BRS will make an appropriate decision on AP.”
Moreover, he claimed that the name change would have no effect on the party because Telangana people had looked at the party as the Telangana party.
Regarding the Munugode Assembly bypoll, he alleged that the BJP decided to give Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy a ticket after the latter promised to spend Rs 500 crore and distribute Rs 30,000 per vote if he won the bypoll. Moreover, he blamed the BJP of deliberately forcing a by election in Munugode by awarding a Rs 21,000-crore coal mining contract to Rajgopal Reddy’s company in order to entice him to defect.
In addition to this, KTR slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a “Prachar Mantri” who failed to deliver anything significant and instead relied on publicity stunts and false claims about his accomplishments. He accused Modi of targeting opposition parties by misusing central investigative agencies. “We know very well that PM Modi will use the CBI, I-T department, ED etc as ‘hunting dogs’ against us for fighting against the BJP and for launching the BRS. We will not be afraid,” he stated.
Regarding the Opposition parties ridiculing the launch of the BRS, Rama Rao said, “It’s nothing new for us. They ridiculed us when we launched the TRS to achieve statehood. We waged a battle for 13 years, achieved statehood and formed the TRS government twice. Now they are ridiculing BRS. Let them. They will see what BRS will achieve in national politics. Whatever KCR does, there is effective strategy and meticulous planning. He is a leader of conviction and commitment.”
Goals and Objectives of BRS launch
KTR explained, the goals and objectives of the BRS launch, saying, “We want to showcase the Vibrant Telangana model. When a young state like Telangana could supply treated drinking water to all houses through taps through Mission Bhagiratha, could implement Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima, Dalit Bandhu, provide free power to agriculture etc, why can’t this be extended to all the states? BRS will strive to achieve these goals.”
Rama Rao mocked at Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. He stated, “The Congress is no longer a viable option. It is not (in power) at the centre and in the states. While Rahul is walking, the party is losing MLAs in Goa and is facing a revolt from its MLAs in Rajasthan. Congress is facing an existential crisis. There is no future for Congress. That’s why the need to launch the BRS arose as there is no viable and strong alternative for BJP in the country at present.”
Rama Rao also claimed that two Congress Lok Sabha members from Telangana are planning to leave the party when Rahul Gandhi’s padayatra enters the state. “I have credible information that two Congress MPs from Telangana are quitting the party when Rahul continues his padayatra in Telangana soon. I don’t want to comment over which party they would join,” he said.
However, the Congress MPs dismissed this claim.
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