Telangana CM KCR not to receive PM Modi on Hyderabad visit, nominates minister
India Today
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has nominated a minister to receive and see off Prime Minister Modi during his visit.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has nominated Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development Minister T Srinivas Yadav to receive and see off Prime Minister Modi during his visit.
PM Modi is visiting Hyderabad on Saturday to attend two programmes, both on the outskirts of the city. He will visit the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) campus in Patancheru to launch its 50th anniversary celebrations. He will also dedicate the Statue of Equality to the nation.
In a politically significant move, Rao has nominated another minister to receive the prime minister. Rao has received PM Modi on various occasions since he became the chief minister in 2013. Rao welcomed Modi in November 2020, during the prime minister's visit to vaccine maker Bharat Biotech.
The visit had come amid the elections for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) which saw a bitter war of words between BJP and TRS leaders.
Recently, K Chandrashekar Rao had also mocked PM Modi. "When the election was in Bengal he grew a beard like Tagore, goes to Tamil Nadu, drapes Lungi, Punjab election-wear Pagadi, Manipur Uttarakhand using a local cap for election. What is this?’’ Rao had said.
The BJP reacted strongly to the comments and also fumed over KCR suggesting a ‘new Constitution’ and alleged that it is a ploy to ‘deny reservations for SCs and STs’.
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