Hyderabad: Daring the BJP to try and topple the Government in Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday said that his party will oust the BJP Government from Delhi. Addressing a public rally, the TRS supremo accused the Modi Government of troubling State Governments claiming that BJP has said that like Maharashtra, they will topple the government in Telangana as well.
"The Modi Government is troubling State Governments. A Union Minister said that the State Government in Maharashtra has been overthrown. They said that they will topple the government in Telangana as well...let's see that. We will oust your Government from Delhi. People have been fighting for Telangana for 60 years. Telangana will not back down if it has to fight again. We will once again move for the making of a new India," KCR said.
He accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "killing democracy and the federal system". Addressing a meeting organised by the TRS party, Rao said, "You (Modi) are killing democracy and federal system every day, you are bringing down the government which doesn't listen to you and oppressing voices that don't listen to you."
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The Chief Minister further said PM Modi's "dictatorship is increasing day by day which is a threat to the nation". Rao said the political changes will happen as no one is permanent. "Modi might be dreaming that he is permanent which is not true," he said. "People know what is happening in the country today. Farmers are agitated, unemployed youths are disturbed, inflation is increasing and PM Modi is misusing Constitutional bodies. Whoever speaks against him, he uses these agencies against that person," he added.
"Today our Prime Minister is coming to Hyderabad and he will speak against me. It is fine, it's democracy anyone can say whatever they want. I would like PM Modi to give answers to our questions at Hyderabad Assembly the same way he put allegations against Opposition," KCR said. Shortly after KCR's speech, PM Modi arrived in Hyderabad but the Telangana CM did not receive him.
The PM is participating in the two-day long Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive meeting here and is expected to address the national executive on Sunday. "When (Modi) was elected he said he will double the income of the farmers but instead, the price of diesel and petrol was hiked, Rao said. When You (Modi) were elected the first time, you made a lot of promises to the public. Was even one of them fulfilled? If you have fulfilled it, I want to know which was that promise. Not a single promise was fulfilled," the Chief Minister said.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister received the Opposition's presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad. "We're lucky to have selected a good leader (Yashwant Sinha) for the Presidential post. We have welcomed him warmly in Hyderabad...I appeal to all Parliamentarians to compare both candidates and elect Sinha... we need to bring in a qualitative change in Indian politics."
Speaking at the event Sinha said that the Presidential election is not a fight between two individuals but a battle of ideologies. Sinha criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that he never believed in "consensus" but only in "confrontation." Sinha also said that he tried to reach out to Modi over the phone after filing his nomination as a presidential candidate but was informed that the PM was not available and till now there was no response to the call.
He said when he was Finance Minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet, he never imagined that the Enforcement Directorate could be used against political rivals. Thanking Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for the support, Sinha said the country needs leaders like KCR. Voting for presidential elections will take place on July 18 and votes will be counted on July 21. Sinha was named as the common Opposition candidate for the presidential election on June 21.
