'Ruled By A Raja': Rahul Gandhi Attacks KCR, Starts Telangana Campaign
NDTV
The state is "not ruled by a Chief Minister but a raja (king)," he said in a direct attack on Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.
Launching the poll battle for his party in Telangana, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a blistering attack on the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the BJP, accusing Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, or KCR, of corruption and the BJP of being hand-in-glove with TRS to keep Congress away from power. The BJP is 'remote-controlling' the TRS and a vote for the TRS means a vote for the BJP, the Congress MP said.
The state is "not ruled by a Chief Minister but a raja (king)," he said adding that the assembly elections in the state next year will be a direct fight between Congress and the ruling TRS.
He targeted KCR saying just this one person has destroyed the "dream of Telangana" which the Congress imagined would be a 'model state' when it was formed. "We want to focus on education, health and employment," he said.
Mr Gandhi asserted that his party would never align with 'corrupt' TRS. "Telangana was not given to benefit just one family," he said and added that Congress can not compromise with a party that has 'betrayed' Telangana.
