Stop this nonsense, KCR tells Congress

​Hyderabad: Calling the Congress party as Villain No. 1 of Telangana State and alleging that it was obstructing the development, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao asked the Congress to “stop this nuisance and nonsense”. KCR said that the Congress had played a suspicious role towards Telangana since beginning.

He said that he had accused them of obstructing the development of Telangana in 2001 when the TRS was formed and he still stands by his statement. He said no Congress leader had played an active role in statehood movement and after Telangana became a reality they just dreamt of coming to power.

But they were shocked after watching the results of 2014 elections. Instead of participating in the development process, they are now creating obstacles by filing cases, he alleged.

Expressing his ire over the Congress, the Chief Minister called them as “third rated parties” and said that he would take up a statewide yatra soon and expose the Congress misdeeds.

He said disgruntled ‘Telangana Congress leaders filed 164 cases against irrigation projects and another 32 cases on other schemes, including Mission Bhagiratha, Yadadri and Bhadradri power projects, dependent jobs in Singareni Collieries Company limited, regularisation of contract employees in different departments, including Energy sector and Telangana State Public Service Commision.

During his two-hour long press conference, he appealed to the opposition saying, “Let us not become a curse for our own state.” KCR said the Congress leaders stooped to all-time low for narrow political gains.

He wondered why the opposition leaders approached courts against the developmental programmes which are aimed to transform the state into Golden Telangana.

The Congress has been facing leadership crisis and is looking for a ‘Bahubali’ to come to its rescue. Since it was a national party, the Congress and its leaders should have maintained dignity.

People gave befitting lesson to Congress in all bye-elections, including Warangal Lok Sabha seat, GHMC and Palair assembly. The opposition party’s desperation to stall the development would invite people’s wrath in the next elections also, he said.

Taking a broadside at Congress for the increased drug and pub culture during its regime in the united Andhra Pradesh, KCR said the government was committed to nip the menace of drug abuse at the initial stage. The government already succeeded in curbing ID liquor (gudumba) and online gambling, he said.

Taking pot shots at Congress for creating a hue and cry over Nerella incident, the Chief Minister said the opposition tried to project the issue as an attack on Dalits. Police have taken action against some persons who were involved in the incident and few of them happen to be from Dalit families. It was not intentional.

Thanking the High Court for dismissing the PIL against the regularisation of contract workers in Energy department, the Chief Minister said that the government was only absorbing the employees in the government and their services are not regularised. He said the government would pay Rs 1,000 more than what the court had recommended to be paid to them. This would put Rs 25 crore burden on the state exchequer.

He said that all the departments were already instructed to prepare the list of contract employees and study the possibility of regularisation of their services. The government is planning to increase their salaries on par with regular employees if the regularisation of their service is not possible.

He said the government would organise a meeting with Home Guards and other contract employees to address the issue soon.

Referring to the recent comments made by Congress senior leader Jairam Ramesh that TRS government misused power in the purchase of vehicles for police department, KCR challenged him to prove the allegations with evidences. He termed the Congress leader’s comments as ‘idiotic and senseless’ allegations, he said.