Hyderabad:
Telangana’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi has defended senior celebration chief KT Rama Rao within the row over his “unwarranted” remark a few Sircilla district official throughout a current public assembly.
The BRS has stated Mr Rama Rao, or KTR as he’s referred to as, “made the feedback with concrete proof” and that he’s a former cupboard member – he served because the Information Technology, Electronics, and Commerce Minister from 2014 to 2023 – who “understands conditions”.
The row broke after KTR lashed out at District Collector Sandeep Kumar Jha for allegedly asking BRS staff to affix the ruling Congress. KTR accused Mr Jha of appearing like an agent of his rival.
The Telangana IAS Officers Association has taken a dim view of the outburst and demanded an apology from KTR, who can be the son of ex-Chief Minister and celebration boss Okay Chandrashekar Rao.
In a decision shared on-line, the officers’ physique has stated it “feels compelled to specific our deep concern and robust condemnation relating to the current derogatory assertion” by KTR, who can be the MLA serving the Sircilla Assembly seat.
“In an unlucky public comment, the Collector was personally focused… we demand such statements are retracted and an apology is obtainable,” the officers’ physique declared.
KTR has been in a number of spats with the Congress since his celebration slipped from energy after shedding the November 2023 election to that celebration; the truth is, the BRS, in energy for the reason that state was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014, was overwhelmed decisively, profitable solely 39 of 119 seats.
Earlier this month he threw down an “arrest me in case you dare” problem to Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. This was after he was named in a police case linked to violence in Vikarabad district.
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Days later he additionally challenged Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in reference to that violence.
“You (Mr Gandhi) communicate of Dalits and tribals… however the ladies of Telangana are looking for your assist. You aren’t there. What use is that this lip service?” he stated in an unique interview to NDTV.
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Mr Rama Rao has accused the Congress of colluding with the BJP within the state, describing their relationship as a “unusual love story”. The whole vary of verbal sparring between the BRS chief and the Congress additionally consists of the previous referring to Revanth Reddy because the “Cheap Minister” and the latter mocking his rival for daydreaming that, at some point, he’ll return to energy.
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