KCR vows to usher in pro-poor, farmer-centric regime
The Hindu
Says Bharat Rashtra Samiti will work in tandem with progressive forces to defeat BJP-led govt. at the Centre in 2024 elections
Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) president and Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao said the party will strive to rid the country of BJP’s “misrule” and usher in a pro-poor and farmer-centric regime.
Outlining the BRS agenda of becoming a force to reckon with in the national political arena, Mr.Rao said the BRS will work in tandem with progressive forces, including the CPI and the CPI(M), to defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The party’s aim is to implement the Telangana government’s landmark schemes — free power supply to farmers, Rythu Bandhu, Dalit Bandhu and piped drinking water for every household — in the country, Mr.Rao said, while addressing a mammoth gathering at the BRS’ maiden public meeting in Khammam on Wednesday.
The meeting was attended by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, and Uttar Pradesh former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, CPI general secretary D.Raja and CPI(M) State secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram, among others.
Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr.Rao alleged that farmer suicides are continuing unabated in the country under the present regime. The BJP dispensation at the Centre has earned notoriety for anti-farmer and pro-corporate policies, leaving the farmers in distress and inflicting miseries on the common man, he added.
Despite the availability of abundant natural resources, the country is lagging behind in all spheres due to the incompetency of the BJP government, he charged, adding that the BJP and Congress are trying to shift the blame on each other over the dismal conditions prevailing in the country.
He said, “India will be made a power cut-free country and 25 lakh families will be given Dalit Bandhu benefits every year in the country if BRS is voted to power.”
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.