PNS|Hyderabad
Congress senior leader and TPCC Political Affairs Committee (PAC) convener Mohammed Ali Shabbir has strongly condemned Minister for Information Technology K Tarakarama Rao for using derogatory language against him and other Congress leaders during his visit to Kamareddy and Yellareddy on August 14.
Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan on Wednesday, Shabbir Ali said that all shops and establishments in Kamareddy and Yellareddy were shut during KTR’s visit.
Security personnel were deployed even on rooftops in the entire area wherever KTR visited. People were not allowed to come out of their houses. The security was tightened as if the district Naxalite-affected area. Further, he said all Congress leaders were detained in the name of “preventive custody” and lodged in police stations.
Many leaders, with health problems, had to suffer due to a lack of basic amenities like toilets in the police stations. Many other leaders were placed under illegal house arrest, he said.
Shabbir Ali accused KTR of smothering democracy. “KTR is just one of the Ministers. Why was there so much security for him and why were people subjected to harassment? Are you doing the same things when other ministers are visiting any area?” he asked.
He said it was the Congress party which gave an opporunity to Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to enter politics.
He recalled that KCR began his political career as a Youth Congress leader.
He said Chandrababu Naidu was another leader who started his career as a Congress leader.
He said KTR was in the USA during the Telangana agitation. KCR had publicly announced that his son (KTR) was in the USA and his daughter (Kavitha) were well-settled and they he would dedicatedly serve the people.
But after the Congress party granted statehood to Telangana, both entered the scene and today the entire family has encroached upon the resources of Telangana.
“Before questioning my contribution to Kamareddy’s development, KTR should ask his father what I did for Kamareddy,” he said while showing a video clip of proceedings of the Legislative Council where the Chief Minister praised Shabbir Ali for implementing water grid to provide safe drinking water.
He slammed KTR for speaking arrogantly. Stating that the Congress was winning the next Assembly elections, he said people would see where KTR’s arrogance would stand after 100 days.
