Telangana Assembly Elections 2018 : Congress made Kodandaram a mascot: Harish Rao

  Hyderabad : Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao on Monday alleged that the Congress party was trying bring the situation prior to 1956 by aligning with Telugu Desam Party.

Addressing a press conference here, Harish Rao said that he was speaking not as a TRS leader but as a person who was part of Telangana agitation. He alleged that the Congress party merged Telangana into Andhra Pradesh because the Left parties were strong and today the Congress is hatching the same conspiracy .

He said that the it is Mahakutami for namesake but there are only two sides Congress and Telugu Desam. They have made Kodandaram a mascot. 

Harish Rao alleged that the Telangana would have been carved out 18 years ago but was delayed only because of Chandrababu Naidu. BJP senior leaders like Adwani, Yeshwanth Sinha and others had told that they could not got give Telangana because of the TDP chief. Chandrababu prohibited use of Telangana word in the Assembly, he alleged.

Harish Rao further alleged that the Congress is now left with united Andhra Pradesh protagonist. These congress leaders maintained silence when AP chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said he will not give single rupee to Telangana. 

Welcoming the decision of High Court on Palamur Rangareddy project, harish rao demanded apology from Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. The Judgment of High Court clears that all the allegations on the project were bogus, said Rao.