New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi cited the alleged involvement of Telangana Chief Minister Okay. Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter, Okay. Kavitha’s, alleged involvement within the Delhi liquor rip-off case to focus on the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) get together within the state whereas talking at a rally in Telangana Sunday. Gandhi’s remark is more likely to rile the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP), which is in energy in Delhi, as it’s going to appear to lend credence to the allegations of rip-off in Delhi’s excise coverage.
Gandhi’s feedback come at a time when the Congress and AAP are already at odds, with the latter threatening to not attend the subsequent assembly of events in opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) on the Centre, if the Congress doesn’t commit itself to opposing the Union authorities’s invoice on Delhi providers within the subsequent session of Parliament.
Fifteen opposition events had met in Patna final month to forge a typical entrance in “nationwide curiosity”, with the intention to tackle the ruling BJP within the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
ThePrint had earlier reported that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had wished Congress to denounce an ordinance handed in Could, which arrange a three-member authority for switch and postings of bureaucrats within the nationwide capital, to be headed by the Delhi chief minister however to incorporate two central-government appointed officers — the Delhi chief secretary and principal secretary, dwelling division — as members. The Delhi authorities has claimed it’s going to dilute its management over the transfers and postings. Congress had insisted on taking a name when the ordinance is launched as a invoice within the subsequent Parliament session.
In the meantime, the Delhi liquor rip-off case pertains to the now-withdrawn Delhi liquor gross sales coverage launched in 2021. Whereas then Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia has been arrested within the alleged cash laundering case and kickbacks case, KCR’s daughter, Kavitha, has additionally been questioned by investigating companies.
Talking on the rally in Telangana’s Khammam district Sunday, Gandhi mentioned the Congress had refused to attend final month’s opposition meet in Patna if the BRS was invited. The Telangana ruling get together was not a part of the assembly.
On the ‘Jana Garjana’ rally in poll-bound Telangana, Gandhi alleged that because the central companies got here to learn about KCR’s involvement within the liquor rip-off, the BRS had turn out to be the BJP’s ‘B-team’.
“Telangana was a dream. It was dream for the poor, farmers, staff and weak individuals. For the previous 9 years, the TRS [Telangans Rashtra Samithi, the name BRS used to be earlier known by] has labored to squash this dream. You had dreamt of one thing and the TRS did one thing else. And now, the TRS has modified their identify. The brand new identify is BRS. That means BJP Rishtedar Samiti [BJP relative samithi],” alleged Gandhi.
He added that the Congress had clearly instructed opposition events that it’ll not share stage with the BRS.
“There was a gathering of the opposition and opposition leaders mentioned that they wished to name TRS to the assembly. We instructed them very clearly that if TRS attends the assembly, then Congress won’t attend the assembly. We mentioned that TRS is the B-team of BJP. We gained’t sit with them. We’ll take away them from Telangana. We are able to by no means compromise with the B-team of BJP,” he mentioned.
He additional claimed that the KCR authorities is going through stress from the Narendra Modi authorities on the centre.
“There’s stress on the KCR authorities from Narendra Modi due to the corruption they’ve indulged. The companies know of the corruption they did within the liquor rip-off,” alleged the Congress chief.
He additional alleged: “Within the matter of corruption, your Chief Minister [KCR] has left no stone unturned. Within the Kaleshwaram [lift irrigation] mission he took 1 lakh crore rupees. You instructed me concerning the Dharani [integrated land records management system] drawback throughout the Bharat Jodo Yatra [a pan-India yatra led by Gandhi last year, which culminated in Kashmir early this year]. You instructed me how the chief minister takes your land. He was corrupt in Mission Kakatiya [for development of minor irrigation infrastructure, strengthening community-based irrigation management and adopting a comprehensive programme for restoration of tanks]. He has stolen one thing or the opposite from all sectors of the society.”
In the course of the speech, Rahul additionally introduced the Congress’s first ballot promise within the state — a pension scheme of Rs 4,000 per thirty days for senior residents and widows, named “Cheyutha”.
Telangana is scheduled to vote for the meeting in December.
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‘Doorways open for individuals who imagine in Congress ideology’
Invoking the Congress’s Karnataka election win in Could, Gandhi mentioned that the BJP had dropped out of the electoral battle in Telangana.
“On one hand there’s your CM, his household and his arabpati [rich] mates and on the opposite aspect, there are all of the poor individuals of Telangana. That’s why Telangana will see what Karnataka noticed,” he mentioned.
Gandhi added: “First they mentioned that in Telangana there’s a battle between TRS, Congress and BJP. However BJP was completed in Telangana. In the identical approach {that a} automotive operating on the freeway punctures all 4 wheels. Now, it’s a battle between Congress and the BJP’s workforce. Like we beat the BJP in Karnataka, in Telangana we are going to defeat the B workforce of the BJP.”
He additional mentioned that the doorways of the Congress get together are open even for individuals who have stop the get together prior to now, offered that they imagine within the Congress ideology.
“There are a lot of such individuals who left the Congress earlier. I wish to offer you a message. Our doorways are open for you. Our doorways are open for whoever believes within the Congress ideology. Those that comply with the BJP and TRS ideology, we now have nothing to do with them,” he mentioned.
(Edited by Poulomi Banerjee)
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