KCR counsels caution to BRS candidates; tells them to shed ego, take along all

KCR counsels caution to BRS candidates; tells them to shed ego, take along all

hyderabad

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao has counselled caution and sense and suggested the party candidates to shed their ego to take along all in their constituencies to have a smooth campaign and win in the election.

In a meeting with the party candidates for 115 out of 119 constituencies, who have been finalised so far, at Telangana Bhavan here on Sunday, he stated that he had kept his word that most of the sitting MLAs would get the ticket this time too except those who had gone wayward, and suggested those who did not get the opportunity to have patience as there would be other opportunities provided to them by the party.

Stating that humility, culture and patience are necessary traits for a successful politician, Mr. Rao said it is the first responsibility of those who secured party tickets to meet and pacify those sulking for different reasons or else they would have to pay price in the election outcome.

Citing the example of Jupally Krishna Rao last time, he said he was suggested to talk to a party leader personally as he was peeved at not getting ticket due to him (Krishna Rao), the BRS president said the former did not listen stating that the latter had only 300 votes with him. The result was the defeat of Mr. Krishna Rao as the party leader contested that (2018) election as an Independent and secured 14,000 votes, Mr. Rao explained.

“It’s quite common during the election time that emotions go high among all but the contestants are advised to meet every party worker/leader feeling hurt due to various reasons. They would work wholeheartedly only if you (contestants) assuage their feelings”, Mr. Rao said.

He also suggested the party candidates not to be over confident in filing nomination papers as election guidelines keep changing frequently as even small technical errors could leader to legal problems as being faced by V. Srinivas Goud, Vanama Venkateshwar Rao, B. Krishnamohan Reddy and a few others now over their election. He told them to take the help of party’s legal team headed by Soma Bharat Kumar and his team of 20 advocates and auditors to clarify doubt, if any.