KTR said that Rahul Gandhi should have won his Parliament seat in Amethi before making such remarks. (file)
Hyderabad:
Describing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a “fun PM” before ridiculing Telangana Chief Minister KCR’s national party’s ambition, Telangana minister KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Tuesday said the “international leader” needs to make his people feel like him. Must be persuaded to be elected as an MP.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president said, “International leader Rahul Gandhi, who can’t even win his Parliament seat in Amethi, ridicules the ambition of Telangana CM KCR’s national party. Wannabe PM should be his people first. should persuade him to elect him as an MP.” in a tweet.
International leader Rahul Gandhi, who can’t even win his Parliament seat in Amethi, ridicules Telangana CM KCR ji’s national party ambitions
Wannabe PM must first persuade his people to elect him as MP
— KTR (@KTRRTS) 1 November 2022
KTR K. KTR was responding to the Congress leader’s remarks on Chandrashekhar Rao changing the party’s name from Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).
“If the Telangana Chief Minister believes that he is running a national party, that is absolutely fine. No problem, he can believe it. It is also fine if he feels that he is a global leader. running the party. So these are all things. That he can do and imagine,” Mr. Gandhi had said.
Asked specifically whether Congress will not join hands with TRS to take on BJP in 2024 elections, he said, “There is no question of any relation between Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Congress The Telangana Chief Minister believes that he is running a national party. He is welcome to think that he is running an international party.”
Mr Gandhi is currently in Telangana for his ongoing ‘Bharat Jodi Yatra’, which will cover 12 states. This march started from Kanyakumari and will end in Kashmir next year covering a distance of 25 kms every day. ‘Yatra’ has already covered parts of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The next leg of the journey will be in Maharashtra.
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