Home Minister Amit Shah held a public rally in the Munugode assembly constituency of Telangana, hitting out at the K. Chandrashekar Rao-led government. With bypolls set to take place in the area shortly, all political parties in the fray have launched an intensive campaign.
“Modi government reduced petrol prices twice. However, KCR government has not reduced the VAT on petrol. This has led to spike in inflation in Telangana…the state government isn’t ready to procure rice at MSP from the farmers. We promise to procure rice if BJP is given an opportunity to form govt here,” Shah said today.
The KCR government, he alleged, was anti-farmer. “They are not letting the farmers benefit from PM Fasal Bima Yojana. The farmers would have got compensation during the floods through Bima Yojana,” he said.
Ahead of the event, the senior BJP leader had met with different farmer groups at Begumpet airport, visited BJP worker M Satyanarayana’s residence in Secunderabad, and offered prayers at the Sri Ujjaini Mahakal Matha Devasthanam. He is also set to meet with Tollywood actor Jr NTR today.
The nondescript constituency has come under the spotlight recently with Congress MLA Rajgopal Reddy resigning from both the party and the legislature. He joined the BJP in Shah’s presence today, with the top leader dubbing it the “beginning of the uprooting of the KCR government”.
As Congress decided to fight tooth and nail to retain the seat, the BJP on the other hand wants to prove that it is the “alternative” to the ruling TRS by clinching the segment. The TRS on its part was pooling all resources to win Munugode seat to prove a point that people of the state are with the ruling party no matter when the Assembly elections come.
