Harish Rao – A people’s leader to the core

 Siddipet: This is a double hat-trick for Thanneeru Harish Rao, caretaker minister who won Siddipet Assembly seat with a record margin of 1.18 lakh votes in the history of Telangana.  The Siddipet constituents have given an ultimate mandate to Harish Rao to serve them another five years.

People admire his mass leader appeal and dedication towards work. He mingles with people of all castes and sections and treats them equally. His forte has been working for people’s welfare day and night, vouchsafe his supporters

A huge number of Harish’s opponents had to bite the dust, and many had to lose their deposits. In the last six elections, it is the same story getting repeated, no one rival was able to secure a reasonable number of votes. 

Whether it is general election or by-election, he secured a large number of votes breaking his own record. On his victory, Harish said, “This victory is purely peoples’ victory. They have put more responsible on my shoulders. I will be always thankful to them and I am here to serve them with passionate and determination.”
What are the facets that led people to choose Harish Rao as their MLA? Only because of the TRS party supremo KCR’s charisma or the scheme which are being implemented in the state? According to the residents, Harish has become a brand and is a role-model for all MLAs-elect. 

They say they admire his mass leader appeal and dedication towards work. He mingles with people of all castes and sections treating them equal. His forte has been working for people’s welfare day and night. Besides his accessibility to the people of the constituency, he strives hard for the implementation of schemes at the grass root levels are the reasons for electing Harish. All his efforts and works bore the fruits with Siddipet and surrounding villages turning into model town and areas for other cities. 

Making Siddipet open defecation-free district is one of the key works that has received recognition across the country and received several national and state awards for civic administration. Thouti Naveena Babu a resident of Peddalingareddypally of Siddipet mandal said, “Harish is a people’s leader who is always accessible for all sections of people. 

He always is there for poor people and helps them in availing welfare schemes and in terms of money. As far as I am concerned, he did many things for all sections of people particularly the unemployed youth. There are some free coaching centres for the unemployed youth for recruitment in government and banking. 

Harish ensures that State and Central government Schemes are implemented and are availed by the beneficiaries of the constituency.”Varsha Degree student and resident of Siddipet said, “Because of Harish, the Siddipet town became a model town for Telangana and India. Siddipet received several awards from State and Central governments. As a student I can say that roads and bus facilities are good in Siddipet district.” 

By Sheker Shivarathri