Poor response to Kiran road shows in Hyderabad

Former Chief Minister and Jai Samaikyandhra Party chief N Kiran Kumar Reddy held road shows in the City on Thursday. While the crowd was moderate in Jubilee Hills, at Naredmet Crossroads the turnout was poor. He was accompanied by party Malkajgiri Assembly and LS candidates Pitla Srini Raju and Srinivas Goud. Kiran Reddy told the gathering the ‘State and Telugus were divided based on false propaganda and lies. The Congress, BJP, TDP, TRS and YSRCP were all responsible for the State’s division’. He reiterated that the bifurcation would affect both States; Telangana in particular would face acute water and electricity crisis. Referring to TRS president KCR’s claim that jobs held by Seemandhra staff will be up for grabs, Kiran said he tried to relocate 14,000 employees, but about 5,000 of them had approached the High Court, which stayed the process.

Kiran Reddy said he had done his best to address the City’s drinking water problem. ‘Krishna Phase II is up and operational; Phase III will be ready and will become operational shortly. The City is on the international map. It hosted many conferences. Tourism and related businesses flourished. But with bifurcation, another City will be a competitor. The former chief minister harped on his pet theme that development was possible only when the State was united. He flayed KCR for rousing passions by resorting to false propaganda. He criticised Narendra Modi, accusing BJP of assisting the Congress in killing the Telugu spirit.