TRS Supremo and Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) seemed optimistic after a meeting with JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his son, former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, in Bengaluru on Thursday.
KCR said that the country is dissatisfied with the BJP rule and is eager to see change.
Telangana Chief Minister said, “Efforts should be made to change the situation in the country. After two to three months, you will get to see some sensational news.”
Speaking about the current situation, he said that the country has enough resources, yet it is still suffering due to lack of water, electricity and irrigation even after 75 years of independence, while many of the people who gained independence along with India Countries are ahead.
Interestingly, KCR’s visit to Bengaluru comes at a time when Prime Minister Modi was in Hyderabad to attend the 20th year celebrations of the Indian School of Business.
“Today no one is happy, be it farmers, Dalits, tribals. Who is happy today? The situation is getting worse day by day. Apart from rhetoric and promises, what is the reality? Industries are shutting down, GDP is crumbling There is inflation, it is spiraling, the rupee has completely fallen. Never in history has the rupee fallen to such a low level against the US dollar,” Rao added.
Kumaraswamy also advocated a grand alliance of regional parties to take on the BJP.
He said regional parties were rising and only they were opening a front against the BJP, and called upon them to put aside their differences in the interest of the nation and come on a “common platform”.
The former Karnataka chief minister, however, hinted at the diminishing role of the Congress, saying the old party “was dwindling with each passing day”.
Prime Minister Modi, who was in Hyderabad on Thursday, took a veiled dig at KCR and urged BJP workers to take a pledge to end “family rule” in Telangana.
Without mentioning Telangana Rashtra Samithi or Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Modi said, “In the twenty-first century, hereditary politics is a major impediment to development.”
(with agency input)