KCR vows to usher in pro-poor, farmer-centric regime

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.”