New Delhi: The Bhartiya Janata Party labels everyone who demands answers for certain questions from the Union government as “anti-national”, Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao claimed on Monday, November 8, as he hit out at the saffron party.
Speaking to reporters, Rao asked the BJP whether it would also call Meghalaya governor Satya Pal Malik and BJP member of parliament Varun Gandhi “anti-national” for their remarks.
“Whoever demands answers, they are being labelled as anti-nationals. This is BJP’s style. They keep two or three stamps ready. One is the anti-national stamp and the second one is urban naxal stamp…”
“Satya Pal Malik, Meghalaya governor, also spoke against the farm laws. BJP MP Varun Gandhi also expressed solidarity to farmers (in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident) and withdrawal of new farm laws. Is he also anti-national? Is Meghalaya Governor also anti-national?” KCR questioned.
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Rao was reacting to the statement made by Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay that KCR was “anti-national” and “supported” China on border issues. He even demanded Rao’s resignation.
“Yesterday, I said China is trying to encroach into our land. So you would label me as anti-national? A person who says, as per reports, that China is encroaching [into] our land becomes anti-national?” Rao further said.
On Sunday, Rao claimed that China is encroaching on Indian soil at the Arunachal Pradesh border and that the centre had lost its image.
The Telangana Rashtriya Samithi (TRS) and opposition BJP are indulging in a war of words on paddy procurement from farmers, levelling allegations against each other.
Alleging that the Union government is procuring paddy from Punjab, Rao said he wanted a categorical answer from the state BJP leaders whether the government would buy paddy from Telangana or not.
He said Telangana farmers would, in lakhs, launch a stir in all state assembly constituencies on November 12 demanding that the Union government buy paddy.
“We will not leave you until you buy paddy from Telangana farmers,” he warned.
He alleged that the BJP is ruling certain states such as Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh through backdoor politics, though it did not get people’s mandate.
“You lost deposits in 107 assembly seats here (in the 2018 assembly polls),” Rao said, saying most of the public representative posts are held by the TRS.
He accused the saffron party of using agencies such as Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax (I-T) Department against people who speak against it and frame cases
“You can’t threaten me like you do with others. We are straightforward. Don’t make unnecessary attempts. It will boomerang,” the CM said.
The whole country proclaims that the centre, which promised two crore jobs every year, is now retrenching one crore jobs annually, he further alleged, saying that Telangana has the lowest unemployment rate in the country according to studies.
He justified other party leaders joining TRS, saying his party would accommodate able leaders.
Referring to the TRS defeat in the recently held Huzurabad bypoll, he said winning and losing are part of politics.
(PTI)