A BRS delegation led by former irrigation minister T Harish Rao was on Thursday stopped by police from visiting the accident site of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) near Domalapenta in the Nagarkurnool district of Telangana.
The ‘red book’ of TDP leader Nara Lokesh in which he noted the so-called illegal acts of government officials during the YSRCP regime in Andhra Pradesh, seems to have caught the imagination of the Opposition in Telangana as well.
Participating in a programme at the Congress headquarters, Gandhi Bhavan, Reddy aggressively attacked his rivals in his customary style.
As Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Warangal, slated for tomorrow, stands cancelled, BRS leaders attributed the move to the groundswell against Congress. They say the party sensed the mood of the people who feel betrayed by the policies of the Congress government in Telangana.
AAP’s defeat in Delhi sparked a war of words between Congress and the BRS in Telangana with KT Rama Rao attacking Rahul Gandhi over the poll results.
As BRS upped its ante over the demolitions of encroachments on Musi River bed and in the full tank level (FTL) and buffer zones of various lakes, the Congress government has hit back by revealing in full details the number of lakes that have been encroached in the past ten years under K Chandrasekhar Rao
Taking a dig at the Opposition BRS which was viciously attacking his government over demolitions for the Musi project, Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy said some people were dreaming of returning to power by drumming up support on social media platforms.
The verbal sparring between the ruling Congress and opposition BRS turned ugly after Forest Minister Konda Surekha made a personal attack on BRS working president KT Rama Rao which not only bordered on character assassination but also dragged the name of a prominent South Indian star through the mud.
There was a scuffle between the Congress workers who stopped the convoy and shouted slogans of “KTR go back” and BRS supporters.
Meanwhile, the Congress workers today tried to storm BRS headquarters, Telangana Bhavan in Banjara Hills for offensive posts on social media platforms by the BRS.
