Hyderabad: Uttam Kumar Reddy rips into BJP, TRS for intimidating voters

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday strongly condemned TRS and BJP for linking Covid vaccine with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections. He said both the parties were trying to intimidate voters by indirectly conveying that those who do not vote for them would be denied the vaccine dose, when available.

During election campaign at M S Makhta, Malakpet and other places on Friday, he said that both BJP government at the Centre and TRS government in Telangana were responsible for nearly 3 lakh covid cases and about 1,500 deaths due to the virus in the State. "Lakhs of people who lost their jobs due to Covid pandemic must not vote for TRS, BJP and MIM as they are responsible for imposing an unplanned lockdown. All others who suffered due to lockdown should also reject these parties. While the central government did not extend any help, TRS washed its hands off after distributing just Rs 1,500 among a few thousand BPL families. Despite repeated demands by the Congress party, Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao did not include Covid-19 treatment in Aarogyasri Scheme."

Mounting his tirade, Uttam Kumar further pointed out that private hospitals were given a free hand to loot the common people and nothing was done to regulate the cost of treatment. MIM, the open ally of TRS and secret partner of BJP, has no moral right to seek votes as it betrayed the people of Hyderabad to serve the interest of Modi and KCR. Shockingly, all three parties together conspired to polarise the GHMC elections to evade questioning over their Covid-19 and flood situations.

Uttam Kumar Reddy appealed to the people of Hyderabad to teach TRS, BJP and MIM a fitting lesson for their betrayal. He reiterated the various promises made by the party in its manifesto and explained how they were far better than those reeled out by rivals.