Telangana CM KCR is all set to launch a national party today.
Hyderabad:
Ahead of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi General Assembly meeting, former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at Pragati Bhavan here on Wednesday.
Telangana CM KCR is all set to launch a national party today.
Posters shouting slogans of KCR and his new party were put up on the streets of Hyderabad.
Mr. Kumaraswamy arrived in Hyderabad yesterday to attend the meeting. He will take part in the launch of the national party by KCR along with 20 JDS MLAs.
In early May this year, in his bid to unite the opposition to take on the BJP at the Center in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, KCR held a meeting with former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda in Bengaluru, where he sought an alternative political organization discussed. B J P.
Young Men’s Christian Associations in Telangana and Andhra have extended their support to K Chandrasekhar Rao’s decision to form a new national party, saying the chief minister was doing so for “development of minorities”.
The association, which has around 250 units in both the Telugu states with over 10 lakh members, passed a unanimous resolution.
“We welcome CM KCR’s entry into national politics for the development of minorities, we stand with CM KCR who is protecting the rights of minorities. YMCA members support CM KCR’s national party to MLC Rajeshwar Rao while presenting the resolution unanimously,” it said in a statement. organization.
Earlier on Tuesday, a political controversy erupted after a TRS leader was seen distributing liquor bottles and chicken to locals in Warangal.
Criticizing K Chandrashekhar Rao after TRS leader Rajnala Srihari was seen distributing liquor bottles and chicken to locals, Congress leader Madhu Yashaki on Tuesday called the chief minister a “brand ambassador of liquor”. He alleged that KCR is “known for his drinking habits”.
Srihari distributed 200 chickens and liquor bottles to the laborers. The cutouts of KCR and Minister KTR were visible in the video.
Speaking to ANI, Yashki alleged that KCR is trying to make the people and youth of the state “addicted to alcohol and drugs”.
“KCR is the brand ambassador of liquor. He not only drinks liquor but is also involved in liquor scam. Hence it establishes that TRS party supremo is known for his drinking habits. His passion for drinking and the way Since then he is promoting the sale of liquor. In Telangana. Instead of giving jobs, he is distributing liquor,” he said.
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