Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao wanted to join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections in 2020.
However, the Prime Minister said that he couldn’t be associated with KCR due to the latter’s “deeds”. KCR’s party, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), has rejected Prime Minister Modi’s claim, with BRS leader Khaleequr Rahman calling it a “blatant lie”.
While speaking at a rally in Telangana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “When BJP won 48 seats in the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation election, KCR needed support. Before this election, he used to welcome me at the airport, but later suddenly he stopped doing so.”
He added, “After the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections, KCR came to meet me in Delhi and said that he wanted to join NDA. He also asked me to extend support to him. I told him (KCR) that due to his deeds Modi cannot be associated with him.”
In the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls that took place in 2020, KCR’s BRS fell short of the majority by 21 seats. The BJP had won 48 out of the 150 seats in the civic poll, surpassing its performance in the previous 2015 polls.
KCR’S PARTY RESPONDS TO CLAIM
BRS spokesperson M Krishank said that the Prime Minister could “stoop to any low level with lies for political benefits”.
“Next time a Chief Minister visits the Prime Minister, he should take a camera because Narendra Modi can stoop to any low level with lies for political benefits,” the BRS leader said.
PM MODI’S RALLY
At the rally in Telangana’s Nizamabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the KCR-led government in the state, saying that it had broken all its promises made to the farmers. He promised the turmeric farmers in Nizamabad that their product would be promoted and a National Turmeric Board would be formed.
“The BRS government has broken all their promises made to the farmers of Telangana. But in the last few years, we transferred around Rs 10,000 crores into the bank accounts of 40 lakh farmers. Under the ‘One District, One Product scheme’, Turmeric produced in the Nizamabad district is being promoted. As per our promises to the turmeric farmers, the National Turmeric Board will be formed,” he said.