Congress copied from earlier manifestos of BRS , changed names of schemes: KTR

HYDERABAD: Hitting back strongly at Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Revanth Reddy for his comments that the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) copied the six guarantees of the Congress for framing the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) manifesto, party working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) has said that it was in fact the Congress which copied its guarantees from its previous manifesto.

Speaking to TV9, KTR said, "The Congress has copied from the previous manifesto of the BRS and just changed the names of the scheme."

Elucidating his views on the schemes, KTR said, "We have come up with three new schemes along with existing schemes. I personally liked the KCR Bhima scheme. Every family with a white card is eligible for KCR Bhima. I also like the Annapoorna scheme where the poor will get fine rice. Though we are will have additional burden financially but for the welfare of the people we have decided to provide Sanna Bhiyam (fine rice)."

Saying that the Congress only makes tall promises, KTR said, "44 lakh people are getting pensions in Telangana now when compared to when the Congress was ruling. In 2004 and 2009, the Congress has promised 9 hours power but now they are promises only 3 hours of power. Re 1 Kg rice was promised but the Congress failed to keep up the promise. Do people of Telangana want to go back to dark ages by voting for the Congress?"

Other highlights from KTR's interview-Why KCR should be dethroned from power?

-New Industrial Policy, Power Policy and Employment Policy were introduced by the BRS Government.

-Congress did not have vision

-We have vision on welfare and commitment on development

-Telangana has the highest per capita in the country

-The per capita was increased from a meager of Rs 1,12,163, and has now reached Rs 3,12,398.

-Why Congress was asking once chance again. They were given 10 to 12 chances in the country after Independence.

-They failed to give power, drinking water and welfare to the people during their regime.

-Revanth Reddy said only three hours of power is required for the farmers in Telangana.

-People have a clarity on the BRS

-The Rythu Bandhu scheme was being implemented in Telangana. It is nowhere.

-Due to Corona, we lost Rs 1 lakh crore, the revenue suffered a lot

-Under the Farmer loan waiver we did 13 cr we gave another 8 crore pending, Musi beautification, unemployment dole

-But we took up Dalit Bandhu, and Shadi Mubarak, which were not ensured in the Manifesto

-Who is not a taxpayer in this country, few pay direct taxes, and few pay indirect taxes even if you buy a pen, so everyone pays tax.

-We are the poorest country on the planet, BJP may not like this. We have poor people. We need to take care of the poor, we need a socialist attitude too.

-We have given scholarships to 8,000 students to study abroad, and we are teaching how to catch fish too.

-Revanth Reddy who was caught in vote-for-note case is now talking about taking an oath for not taking bribe

-I am contesting in my fifth election. I never had the need to distribute cash or liquor.

-If people do not believe you, they won't vote even if you give 1 Kg gold

-In Karnataka, a corporator was caught with rs 44 crore money of which some money went to Kodangal. It is the Congress which is distributing this money.

-After BRS came to power, 2.20 lakh people were given jobs.

-There are only 50 lakh government jobs across India. How can the Congress say there are 30 lakh unemployed people in Telangana? From where do they come with such false statistics? I am ready to debate on this.

-We stand fifth in the country in generating private jobs

-Other States like Haryana kept local quota. But did they implement it? We did the opposite. We have increased the opportunities. We want everyone to get jobs including our people.

-Police are answerable too

-Few agitated after the suicide of Pravallika

-Police verified the WhatsApp chats and declared that she died due to a failed love affair.

-Personal privacy is important

-Police are under the ECI

-They will follow all the guidelines

-Pravallika did not apply for Groups

-It is not at all correct to do politics with student's suicide

-Rahul Gandhi should answer whether she died of delay in Group exams

-KCR has given power, drinking water and welfare to the people

-Opposition is manufacturing dissent

-TSPSC board will be revamped

-Job calendar will be announced on the lines of the UPSC

-The EC transferred Hyderabad Police Commissioner also.

-The Congress won here in 1989. They again won in 2004. From then till now, they have not won even 50 seats. They don't have a mandate here.

-Our CM is KCR if we win and when we will win. Who is the CM candidate for Congress?

-No one knows when Revanth Reddy is going to jail. Will people want to handover the state to such a person?

-By the time Congress will decide upon seats, we will distribute sweets (win elections)

-90 per cent of time, people vote to reject an incumbent government. People had rejected BJP in Karnataka. It was not because BJP was corrupt, people voted for Congress. That is not the scenario in Telangana.

-Even if our heads are axed, we will not bow down to the BJP

-When PM Modi doesn't address press conferences, how can he say we don't meet eye-to-eye to him.

-Why will we want to join hands with the NDA?

-We wanted to establish Tribal University. Who are they to decide?

-Modi said many lies about employment, power, bullet trains. He lies the most.

-We need to take video cameras when we meet him. Otherwise he tells lies.

-Except for doing Mann ki Baat Modi did not listen Jaan ki Bhat

-We won't compromise and bend our heads before the BJP

-In Parliament, Muslim MP was criticized.

-Muslim leaders in Telangana scheduled their juloos procession as it was coinciding with Ganesh Idol immersion.

-What has Rahul Gandhi done in the Jodo Yatra?

-Congress-BJP tied up in Karimnagar

-Did Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi compromise in National Herald Case?

-MLC Kavitha is doing legal battle in the liquor case

-Are ED and CBI under the control of Narendra Modi?

-People are not bothered about the BJP in Telangana

-BJP is an outdated party. It has lost deposits in 105 constituencies previously.

-The three BJP MLAs in Telangana would be defeated in the next elections

-KCR is the only person who can resist the BJP

-Nobody dares to attack minorities during KCR's rule

-Religious harmony would prevail in Telangana during the KCR rule in Telangana

-There has been no curfew or drought in Telangana during KCR's rule

-Nobody can spark a dispute between Hindu and Muslims who are living like brothers in Telangana.

-I am not bothered about who supports the AIMIM

-People from all religions will support the BRS

-In Rajasthan, the Congress allocated a budget of Rs 900 crore for the minorities in their 10-year rule.

-In Telangana, the BRS Government allocated Rs 12,000 crore for the minority welfare.

-Compared to Congress rule from 2004-2014, the BRS Government spent 1,000 per cent more for minorities' welfare

-There is no differentiation between people from Seema, Andhra and Telangana. We look at all the people as one of us.

-We don't have caste politics like in Andhra. All people from all castes and religions are living peacefully here.

-We have good relations with Jagan and Lokesh. But how can we allow protests about something which is happening in Andhra?

-This is not Banana Republic. This State has law and order. Why will you protest Andhra issues here in ORR? Take police permission and protest at Dharna Chowk.

-Why will you disturb Metro Rail travellers?

-Why are you fighting with us here when Chandrababu is in jail in Andhra?

-Even our Ministers here had sympathised with Chandrababu Naidu. Why fight with us?

-We showed to people in the last 10 years that we treat all people equally.

-BC MLAs will be accommodated

-We rejected only a few based on availability and social justice

-Those who missed the chance will be accommodated in other positions

-We are the first to send a Mudiraj to Rajya Sabha

-MLCs nominated were from backward classes, one belonging to the Erukala community

-Mudirajs were given chances right by the local bodies

-TRS started giving them seats, there was only one Mudiraj MLA in 2014

-In 2018 surveys said that TRS would lose, but we would win two to three more seats this time

-Can't escape anti-incumbency, but we will have a 51 percent vote, a positive vote

-We said that we would renominate sitting MLAs

-There will be some dissatisfaction among voters in some constituencies

-If few don’t vote, few more will be willing to vote

-We didn’t ditch communities, there was disagreement in the allocation of seats

-We heard that CPM not sailing with Congress

-We are getting a grip on Khammam, even NTR could grasp their mood

-We never differentiate against Andhra people

-We will achieve better results in Khammam

-KCR will be CM for five years

-BRS has clarity on this. Telangana needs KCR, so far he is alive and in politics, he must be there for five years and even for ten years

-At the national level if there is a coalition government at the Centre why not? Even BRS would like to play a role at the Centre

-There are many more efficient leaders in the State too, if there was a day that KTR needed to play a wider role I will certainly play a role.

-Why should KCR not contest from two constituencies

-Even Etala Rajendra is contesting from two constituencies

-Whatever KCR does is a sensational

-KCR is contesting from two constituencies to confuse the opposition parties and the media.

-People in both the constituencies will be benefited.

-We will decide where to continue after the winning the elections

-BRS has a lot of confidence in the people of Telangana.

-In 2018, BRS won 88 seats.

-BRS lost four to five seats by a narrow margin

-BRS will overcome the hiccups and will achieve a huge majority.

-BRS will win in both Kamareddy and Gajwel

-BRS will secure 95-100 seats in the elections

-Opposition should inform what they will do to the public and should not resort to cheap politics

-Opposition parties should refrain from making hasty comments and they should inform what they have done in power.