We will not rest until turncoat MLAs are disqualified: Harish

Former Minister and Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao has said that the BRS would not rest untill the BRS MLAs, who crossed over to the ruling Congress Party, will become the former MLAs. The BRS would go to Supreme Court, if need arose. He predicted that the constituencies represented by the BRS turncoat MLAs will soon go to by-elections.
Addressing media after holding the party workers’ meeting here  on Wednesday in the wake of the Pathancheru MLA Gudem Mahipal Reddy quitting the BRS to join the Congress, Harish Rao pointed out that KCR launched the movement for Telangana with a handful of leaders in 2001. Conspiracies were hatched against the TRS (now BRS) even then. When YS Rajasekhar Reddy was Chief Minister, as many as 12 BRS MLAs switched their allegiance to the Congress. But the conspiracies did not work. The justice triumphed at last. KCR fought for Telangana state for 14 years and achieved the statehood. Despite doomsayers, the BRS flourished and captured power twice. He came down heavily on Mahipal Reddy for deserted the party though the party gave an opportunity to contest from Patancheru thrice successfully. Whenever elections were held in Telangana, the BRS wrest the constituency.
“I came here to boost your (party activists) confidence. The party activists attended the party meeting in thousand and boosted my confidence,” Harish Rao said.  
Revanth Reddy, who gave a call to the Congress cadres to stone all 12 party MLAs who defected to BRS in the past, has been visiting the homes of the BRS leaders and presenting them with Congress shawls, he pointed out. Charging the government with adopting double standards on the bonus issue to the paddy, Harish Rao pointed out that Revanth Reddy changed the tack saying that the bonus is applicable only to the fine variety of paddy. The Congress is applying the same formula to the loan waiver issue too. Then what is the use of formulating guidelines for the PM-Kisan scheme and the issue of ration cards?
The administration has come to a standstill.  Salaries are not being paid on time to government employees, he said, adding that the people would be able to distinquish between milk and water.
 He expressed confidence that the people would recognise the good work done by the BRS government. He exhorted the party workers to prepare for the by-polls from now onwards assuring the party support to them. Dubbaka MLA Kotha Prabhakar Reddy, former MLA Bhupal Reddy and others were present at the media conference.