Congress ‘Vari Deeksha’ takes on KCR

Komatireddy, for the first time, shares stage with TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy

The two-day ‘Vari Deeksha’ (protest for paddy) of the Telangana Congress at the Dharna Chowk was aggressive in its action with the leaders offering to solve the crisis if the government was unable to, and also accusing Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao of surrendering to the Centre and going silent since his Delhi visit.

The protest also saw the top leadership of the Congress, including TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, V. Hanmantha Rao, Ponnala Lakshamaih and Ponnam Prabhakar, participating while the surprise participant was Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkata Reddy, who had shared the stage with Mr. Revanth Reddy for the first time since the former was made TPCC chief.

The leaders will spend the night at the protest camp itself to send a signal of confidence to the farmers who had been sleeping at the IKP centres, market yards and the threshing yards for weeks, Mr. Revanth Reddy said. Launching a scathing attack on the Chief Minister, he said KCR and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were together in cheating farmers. “KCR has not even sought appointment with the PM during his New Delhi visit and instead was partying at the residence of Rajya Sabha MP K.R. Suresh Reddy.”