Huzurabad will teach a befitting lesson to TRS: Eatala Rajender
The Hindu
Rajender alleged that the TRS was trying to ‘buy’ people with ill-gotten money but the people of Huzurabad were not for sale and it would reflect in the by-polls likely to come soon
Former minister and rebel TRS MLA, Eatala Rajender said a new agitation for a democratic Telangana will start from Huzurabad and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) will get a befitting reply for filling the spirit of the separate statement movement. Mr. Rajender, who visited his Huzurabad constituency with a roadshow in Kamalapur for the first time after resigning from the party, put up a show of strength with his followers and supporters turning out in good numbers. Mr. Rajender, who later held a press conference, alleged that the TRS was trying to ‘buy’ people with ill-gotten money but the people of Huzurabad were not for sale and it would reflect in the by-polls likely to come soon. “Huzurabad will be the Kurukshetra with the fight between truth and falsehood and KCR will be taught a lesson,” he claimed.Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi founder and Chidambaram M.P., Thol. Thirumavalavan, on Friday recalled the arduous journey of steering the party through the transition from being a radical organisation whose slogan was ‘Adanga Maru, Aththu Meeru, Thimiri Ezhu, Thiruppi Adi’ (Don’t bow down, disobey, rise up and hit back) to become an important cog in the wheel of electoral politics in Tamil Nadu today as VCK, with four MLAs and two MPs, is set to be recognised by the Election Commission of India as a ‘state party’.
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