PNS|Hyderabad
Congress leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir said that ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyan’ was getting a tremendous response from people across the State.
About 50 activists of the BRS and the BJP of Kancherla village of Bhiknoor Mandal in Kamareddy district joined the Congress on Friday. Shabbir invited them to the Congress by offering them a ‘Khandwa.’
Speaking to the media on Friday, Shabbir said the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyan’ would be a great success. He said the campaign has already been launched on a grand scale in Kamareddy on the 74th Republic Day on Thursday.
“During the two-month-long campaign, we will expose the failures of the BJP government at the Centre and the BRS government in Telangana. We will explain to the people how they were deceived by Modi and KCR governments with their false promises and fake assurances. They failed to address the problems of unemployment and inflation and deceived people by creating an illusion of development,” he said.
He said that a letter written by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and a ‘charge sheet’ against the BJP and BRS governments would be delivered to each household during the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyan.’
“Telangana’s politics has become too noisy due to the war of words between BRS and BJP leaders. Both parties are admitting lack of development in Telangana during the last eight years. But they are blaming each other for the same. People have realised that the tussle between the BRS and the BJP is fake and is only aimed at diverting public attention from the failures of their governments in the State and at the Centre. Therefore, people have decided to support the Congress in the next elections,” he said.
Shabbir accused Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao of wasting time on politicking instead of focusing on governance.
“The Union Budget will be presented on February 1 and Telangana’s budget will also be presented in the first week of February. Telangana has huge debts of over Rs 5,000 billion and it has no money to pay salaries on time. Instead of holding meetings with financial experts to explore ways to come out of the crisis, KCR is focused on expanding BRS. Even Finance Minister T. Harish Rao is busy attending party programmes. KCR did not hold a single meeting with Finance and other departments to discuss the budget. This approach will cause huge damage to Telangana,” he said.
The Congress leader said the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyan’ would extend the reach of the Congress across Telangana as each party worker would visit every household in his area to expose the failures of the BRS and BJP governments.
“We will carry the message of peace, brotherhood and unity given by Rahul Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo Yatra to every citizen. We will enlighten people on how they were being mistreated by the KCR and Modi regimes,” he said.
Shabbir said the problems faced by the people in their villages would also be highlighted during the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyan.’
