‘KCR deceiving Telangana people’

Praja Rajyam and Mana Party alliance candidate for Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency Balagouni Balraj Goud predicted that his rival and TRS chief K.Chandrashekar Rao would meet same fate as that of late chief minister N.T.Rama Rao.

Speaking to media persons here on Sunday Balraj Goud said that Mahabubnagar district has the history of defeating the party chiefs. “TDP chief N.T.Rama Rao was defeated in Kalwakurthy Assembly in 1989 elections”. This time it is the turn of K.Chandrashekar Rao.

He said while the Congress candidate D.Vittal Rao was no match to him, he would win by one lakh majority over KCR.

He said KCR was hoodwinking the people of Telangana since eight years by announcing deadlines to Telangana State. He even announced dates with regard to the formation of Telangana State. This time he announced Telangana would be created after elections, he said. He said that people are looking towards PR rule.

KCR tries to mollify Vijayashanti

Unhappy’ with Malkajgiri LS seat offer, she says she is not sure of contesting

Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao met film actor Vijayashanti at her residence here on Saturday evening in an apparent bid to mollify her as she was reportedly unhappy with the constituency offered to her by the party for contesting in the elections.

He drove to Ms. Vijayashanti’s house in Jubilee Hills minutes after she told a large delegation of the party that she was unsure whether she would contest the polls at all. She wished the party well and said that all those who approached her should win the election.

The delegation tried to persuade her to contest for Malkajgiri parliamentary seat, but she gave no commitment. Mr. Rao had, a few days ago, announced at a party meeting that either Ms. Vijayashanti or he would enter the fray from Medak parliamentary constituency, considered safer than Malkajgiri.

Asked for his response after the two-hour meeting, Mr. Rao counselled reporters not to put out stories that were damaging.

He said the list of TRS candidates would be announced on Sunday or Monday morning. The delegation that went to Ms. Vijayashanti was led by senior party leader T. Sudarshan Rao. He urged her to take the Malkajgiri Lok Sabha seat as her glamour would not only ensure her own victory, but also that of the party candidates from the Assembly segments in that constituency.

The candidates aspiring for tickets in these segments had a selfish interest in requesting her to contest from Malkajgiri.

The leaders said she need not sweat it out to win. They would toil hard to ensure her victory.