"Bye Bye KCR...": Rahul Gandhi appeals to voters in Hyderabad ahead of Telangana polls
Nov 28, 2023
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 28 : As campaigning for the upcoming Assembly elections ended on Tuesday in Telangana, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appealed to the people in the poll-bound state to get rid of the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for their own good and asked the public to follow the party's slogan 'Bye Bye KCR'.
Rahul Gandhi alongside General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, KC Venugopal and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Telangana Congress President Revanth Reddy held a roadshow from Anand Bagh Chowrasta to Malkajgiri Chowrasta on Tuesday.
Addressing the public at a roadshow event, Rahul Gandhi said," If your Chief Minister is fighting against PM Modi then why not a single case has been filed against him. Why no IT, CBI, or ED cases are filed against him? I have seen with my own eyes, that BRS helps the Centre in Lok Sabha be it demonetisation or farm bills. On the other hand, AIMIM tries to cut in our vote share. Be it Assam, or Rajasthan. AIMIM, BJP, and BRS are one unit."
"We have to do Bye Bye KCR in these elections. BRS needs to be removed from Telangana and PM Modi from Centre," he added.
Rahul Gandhi further stated that he only fights against Prime Minister Modi stating that the PM tries to spread hatred in the nation.
"They (BJP) took away my official residence. I said I don't want it. My home is in the hearts of people. I have 24 cases against me on directions of PM Modi," the Congress leader said.
"My relation with you is not political, but it is a family relation. We walked from Kanyakumari to Kashmir in the Bharat Jodo Yatra. We do not want an India of hate or violence. My fight is against PM Modi because he tries to spread hate in the nation. We want an India of love. A nation is formed with love," he added.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi also appealed to the voters and said that her party would form an honest government in Telangana if voted to power.
"There has been a KCR and BRS government for ten years. Were you given employment? What was given to women? KCR family members were made ministers. Only one government in the country is running from a farmhouse and this is that government. If you form a Congress government, we will fulfil our six guarantees, and we will form an honest government for you," she said.
The polls for the Telangana polls ended on Tuesday.
Telangana is set to witness a triangular contest between the ruling Bharat Rasthtra Samithi, Congress and BJP as the state goes to the polls on November 30.
In the last Assembly elections in 2018, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), previously known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), won 88 of the 119 seats, hogging 47.4 per cent of the total vote share. The Congress came in a distant second with just 19 seats, while the BJP drew a blank.
