Congress will relocate companies to Karnataka if it comes to power in Telangana :KTR

HYDERABAD: BRS Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) has come down heavily on the Congress for its cheap politics in shifting the leading multinational companies from Telangana to Karnataka.

Supporting his claim, KTR read out the letter written by Karnataka deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar to Foxconn Technology Group chairman Young Liu appealing to him to relocate its manufacturing unit from Telangana to Karnataka, while participating in the lawyers meeting at Jalavihar here on Saturday.

KTR said that the Telangana Government held deliberations multiple times with the heads of Foxconn after which the company came forward to set up their unit in Telangana. He added that Young Liu met Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) in May and the company entered into an MoU with the Telangana Government in 2022 that would be creating one lakh employment opportunities in the region.

“Bangalore became the new ‘Adda’ (venue) for Congress after Delhi. If Telangana goes into the hands of Congress, industries like Foxconn, which gives one lakh jobs to the people of Telangana, will shut their shop here and relocate to Bangalore,” KTR said.

The BRS Working President said that DK Shivakumar, who recently campaigned in Telangana, said that the Congress in Karnataka was given five hours of power. The farmers were now frightened that Congress would do the same if it came to power in Telangana, he added.

Taking a jibe at Karnataka politics, KTR said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar were in the race for the CM’s position and now Mallikarjun Kharge’s son made a statement that he was also in the race for CM. He crticised that the Congress always indulged in camp politics brings political instability and their Chief Ministers changed every six months.

“Congress leaders are bringing DK Shivakumar and Rahul Gandhi to Telangana to fight against KCR and the BJP is bringing PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and over 15 Chief Ministers, Union Ministers of different states,” KTR said.

Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks, the fight in Telangana is between Doras and the common man, he said, “This election is between Delhi Doras and Telangana people. In this fight the people of Telangana will only win again.”

Terming Rahul Gandhi as a ‘Delhi Dhora’, KTR said that during the early 1950s, when Jawaharlal Nehru, Rahul Gandhi's grandfather, was in power, a tragic incident occurred at City College where police opened fire on five students after they chanted the slogan ‘Idli - Sambar go back’.

KTR stated that agitations and fights were not new to the people of Telangana. “Telangana people fought with Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and are now fighting with Narender Modi,” he said and added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi took five years to give a high court to Telangana.”

The BRS Working President recalled that Marri Channareddy himself claimed that back in 1991, leaders from his own Congress party incited communal riots and were responsible for the deaths of 400 individuals in an attempt to remove him from power and become the Chief Minister. “Congress never had a love for people; they only crave power and position,” KTR said.

KTR also said that none of the Congress or the BJP leaders in Telangana have a spine and they operate under Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi. He appealed to the people to not take risks and make the mistake of handing over Telangana to such leaders.

Highlighting the Telangana model, KTR said, “It is a holistic, integrated, inclusive, and balanced model. He added that the BRS Government introduced policies and schemes keeping in mind rural and urban development, industry and environment, agriculture, and information technology.”