Only TRS can fulfill Telangana expectations: KCR

Hyderabad: With the relations between the TRS and Congress having soured, TRS has started going aggressive in roping in TJAC leaders into the party. TGO leader V Srinivas Goud, Rasamayi Balkishan and TDP leader Jaipal Yadav adorned the pink scarf on Sunday. TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao welcomed them into the party.

Addressing a gathering, Chandrasekhar Rao called upon the people of Telangana not to fall into the trap of the Congress and the Telugu Desam parties, which would knock on their doors in the next two months with an eye on votes. He said bringing TRS to power was a historical necessity if the dreams the people of Telangana were to be achieved. He said the people of Telangana had seen the performance of the Congress and the TDP governments and were dejected.

He said with the formation of separate state, the need of the hour was to have a government that can fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the people who had sacrificed their lives during the agitation. Only a committed party like TRS can live up to their expectations, he said. Dashing the last hopes of the Congress, the TRS president had on Saturday categorically ruled out even an electoral alliance with the party for the forthcoming polls to Lok Sabha and state Assembly. "They say KCR betrayed them but what was the betrayal," he questioned, referring to remarks made by AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh on TRS' refusal to merge with the Congress after the creation of Telangana.

Addressing his party workers on Saturday, he had pointed out that they had proposed merger of TRS with Congress to secure statehood for the region and prevent suicides by hundreds of youth. "But now, people are against our merger and hence we are going by their wish," he said.