Harish letter vouches for TRS defeat: Uttam

​Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said that Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao's letter to him was a confession that Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) dream of winning 100 seats in Assembly election has already been shattered and the time has now come for Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to permanently retire in his farm house.

Uttam wrote an open letter to caretaker Chief Minister to answer the questions raised by his nephew and Minister T Harish Rao on Tuesday.

"I was delighted to read the letter sent by Harish Rao wherein he predicted that Congress party was coming to power in Telangana State in next elections. Harish Rao even stated that we are coming to power in alliance with the TDP. We felt very happy on receiving the letter and we thank you for the same," Uttam Kumar Reddy said.

He said that win of Congress will subsequently result in people getting freedom and democracy getting restored in Telangana State. He thanked Harish Rao for the early forecast of TRS party's defeat and victory of Congress party. He said now the formation of a people's government in Telangana is almost a certainty.

While describing Harish Rao's letter as a confession of TRS defeat, Uttam Kumar Reddy said the content of letter shows that TRS leaders are not only lacked maturity, but also common sense. It raised serious doubts not only their participation in Telangana statehood movement, but also on Chandrashekar Rao’s governance. He said the grand alliance would not have formed if TRS would have ruled Telangana in a proper manner.

The TPCC Chief said the Congress party has the capacity to defeat TRS on its own. However, it was taking all like-minded parties together to ensure that TRS is completely wiped out of political map of Telangana State in next elections. He said Congress party came to power in 2004 although it had an alliance with the TRS. Congress party retained power in 2009 despite the fact that TRS was part of TDP-led Mahakutami. He said when TDP was a pro-Telangana party in 2009, why TRS was treating it as anti-Telangana now.

Uttam Kumar Reddy said TRS leaders did not feel ashamed when they invited Chandrababu Naidu for Chandi Yagnam and felicitated him. He reminded that Chandrashekar Rao himself travelled to Vijayawada to meet Chandrababu Naidu to invite him for Chandi Yagnam. He also questioned the inclusion of Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Tummala Nageshwara Rao and Mahender Reddy in cabinet although they were strong opponents of Telangana.

Similarly, Danam Nagender and Teegala Krishna Reddy were inducted in TRS and given a prominent position in the party. Further, he said that the MIM which openly opposed Telangana is now an ally of TRS. "KCR does not felt ashamed in allying with a party which was opposed to Telangana," he said.

The TPCC Chief said the then Congress president Sonia Gandhi granted statehood for Telangana in view of sacrifices and struggle by youth and students. However, Chandrashekar Rao did nothing to provide jobs to youth but eradicated unemployment from his own family by giving top posts to five members of his family. He said the Chief Minister’s family got notorious for allegedly collecting 6 per cent commission from contractors of various projects.

He said instead of listening to the woes of people, Chandrashekar Rao remained engulfed around various superstitions during the last four-and-a-half years and consequently, dissolved the Assembly nine months before the schedule.

Uttam Kumar Reddy said there was no need for the Congress party to give any explanation on having an alliance with TDP. Instead, he said TRS owes an explanation to people of Telangana on its performance during the last four-and-a-half years. He said people's welfare took a back seat and the entire State has been pushed into a huge debt trap. He said Telangana emerged on top in corruption, crimes, horse trading of legislators, rapes and sale of liquor. He said it was the fear of a humiliating defeat which is prompting the TRS leaders to target the alliances between Congress, TDP and other parties.