Reddy made the accusation against Rao, popularly known as KCR, a day after the BRS accused the N Chandrababu Naidu-led Andhra Pradesh of “stealing” water from the Krishna river.
Reacting to his predecessor’s threat of direct action against Congress misrule, the incumbent chief minister challenged him to take part in the debate if he had the courage.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday asked BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao to rein in his leaders in the wake of the arrest of party leader T Harish Rao.
Rao accused the Congress government of being politically vindictive.
The Enforcement Directorate will probe into the alleged irregularities committed in the Sheep Rearing Development Scheme, which was launched during the tenure of previous BRS government under K Chandrasekhar Rao.
Shah on Tuesday said contrary to KCR’s (as Rao is popularly called) claim, Telangana was actually number one among the states in terms of farmers’ suicides, crime against women and children, and corruption.
Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao wanted to join NDA,
Speaking to reporters hours after PM Modi’s claim, KTR said that Modi lowered the stature of Prime Minister’s position by speaking “outright lies”.
Modi had claimed that “the chief minister popularly known as KCR had proposed that BRS will be part of the NDA, but the proposal was turned down by Modi”.
Modi also accused the Congress of “taking a contract” from the BRS to split the opposition vote in the state “in return for its help” during the Karnataka assembly election.
