Rahul Gandhi rules out alliance with TRS and stated that KCR is not a CM but a ‘king’ who doesn’t listen to the people in Telangana.
There was a different energy and electricity in Telanga that night, the atmosphere charged with electricity as exuberant lakhs of people came to attend Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s rally, bursting crackers and screaming wildly. When speaking to the crowds, Rahul Gandhi said that K Chandrashekar Rao was not a chief minister but a “king” who did not listen to the voice of the people and there was no question of an alliance with TRS.
and Supriya Bhardwaj tweeted, “And this is how Mr @RahulGandhi ’s ‘fiery’ speech started amid fireworks…” He was given a royal and traditional welcome to the rally venue in Warangal. Congress leaders said it was the party’s “biggest” rally since the creation of the state.
#Warangal #Telanganaa
… And this is how Mr @RahulGandhi’s ‘fiery’ speech started amid fireworks… #Warangal #Telangana pic.twitter.com/RYWtVHPBRW
— Supriya Bhardwaj (@Supriya23bh) May 6, 2022
Srinivas BV Congress leader wrote on Twitter, “Feel the power & emotions at #RaithuSangharshanaSabha in Warangal, Telangana. Sri @RahulGandhi
receives a rousing welcome by a sea of people. Telangana is yearning for change, and they shall have it soon.
Feel the power & emotions at #RaithuSangharshanaSabha in Warangal, Telangana.
Shri @RahulGandhi receives a rousing welcome by a sea of people.
Telangana is yearning for change, and they shall have it soon. pic.twitter.com/vjXa53Ffv7
— Srinivas BV (@srinivasiyc) May 6, 2022
कमजोर दिल वालें भाजपाई
इन तस्वीरों को न देखें,तेलंगाना में ये जनसैलाब उमड़ा है
अपने नेता के अभूतपूर्व स्वागत के लिए..❤️#RaithuSangharshanaSabha pic.twitter.com/j6mHKhho4N
— Srinivas BV (@srinivasiyc) May 6, 2022
Look at that !!! An ocean full of humans at Shri @RahulGandhi's Raithu Sangharshana Sabha in Telangana. Happening right now. @revanth_anumula #ChaloWarangal pic.twitter.com/xeaX4hXHzw
— Gaurav Pandhi (@GauravPandhi) May 6, 2022
The next day, they were blocking Congress cadre & leaders, the 2nd day of Rahul Gandhi’s visit!
#Telangana Police continues KCR script.
They are blocking congress cadre & leaders even on 2nd day of @RahulGandhi Ji visit. @revanth_anumula pic.twitter.com/4K7bNGTGNq
— Politricks (@itsmeKNR) May 7, 2022
Election Promises
Addressing the ‘Rythu Sangharshana Sabha’ — a farmers’ rally organized to highlight their plight – Rahul Gandhi urged people to support the Congress and said as soon as its government is formed, farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh will be waived and farmers will get right MSP (minimum support price) for their crops.
He also released the party’s “Warangal Declaration”, promising the farm loan waiver, Rs 15,000 per acre compensation to farmers against Rs 10,000 being given by the TRS government, procurement of all crops at an increased MSP, and opening of all sugar mills.
He said every word of the declaration is the Congress party’s guarantee to the farmers whom he called the foundation of the southern state.
Rahul Gandhi: Any Congress Member not in Agreement can join TRS or BJP.
Rahul Gandhi emphatically stated that any Congressperson who wants an understanding with the TRS could either cross over to that party or the BJP.
He alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an understanding of KCR and that is why central agencies such as the CBI and the ED are not going after him despite the corruption in the state.
“The Congress will not have any understanding with the person who ruined the dream of Telangana, betrayed it, and stole lakhs and crores (of rupees) from the youth and the poor,” Gandhi said in a scathing attack on the chief minister.
Hitting out at KCR, he said that while the dream of Telangana’s progress remained unfulfilled, only one family had “benefitted immensely” after the state was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.
“Today it is said that Telangana has a chief minister, but he is not a chief minister but a ‘Raja’ (king) who does not listen to the voice of people but his own. A chief minister takes decision after hearing out people but a king has nothing to do with democracy and does what he thinks,” he told the enormous elated applauding crowds.
Rahul Gandhi said that going forward, Congress would have no truck with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and that the assembly polls next year will be a direct fight between the Congress and the KCR-led party.
He also alleged that the BJP wants the TRS government to continue in Telangana so that they can rule over the state through “remote control”.
He also asserted that Congress knew it will suffer politically but it still stood with the people of Telangana to give them a new state in 2014.
The people of Telangana thought a government for the poor will be formed but it did not happen and today there is a “king” instead of a chief minister, he said.
Gandhi alleged that KCR was not listening to farmers but to his 2-3 “crony capitalist friends”.
“The person who destroyed the dream of Telangana and stole lakhs of crores (of rupees) from farmers, the poor, and laborers will never be forgiven,” he said.
He also declared that when elections come tickets will only be given to those who have fought for the people and spoken up for farmers.
Gandhi’s speech, mostly in Hindi, was translated into Telugu.
Later in a tweet, Gandhi said, “Telangana is ruled not by a CM, but by a Raja who doesn’t listen to the voice of the people. When Congress forms government, we guarantee farmers: Rs 15,000 per acre direct transfer; Rs 2 lakh loan waiver; Fair and accurate MSP.
Altogether, it does appear Telangana will have a change soon.
One Congress supporter said, “Seeing Rahul Gandhi ji up close, his body language, authority, aura & the way he spoke about some things today made it clear for me that he is defacto CP.”
Seeing Rahul Gandhi ji upclose, his body language, authority, aura & the way he spoke about some things today made it clear for me that he is defacto CP.
— Spirit of Congress✋ (@SpiritOfCongres) May 7, 2022