Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ponnala Lakshmaiah has ridiculed the manifesto released by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi here on Friday.
Speaking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan, Ponnala described the TRS manifesto as a “bundle of lies” aimed at luring and cheating the people of Telangana. He said almost all the promises being made by the TRS were not practical and could not be implemented. He asked KCR to explain the sources of funds through which he desired to implement those promises.
Commenting KCR’s promise of giving 12 per cent reservation to Muslims, he said that the Andhra Pradesh High Court has struck down the five per cent reservation given to Muslims by the Congress Government. The case of four per cent reservation is still going on in the Supreme Court. Therefore, KCR should explain as to how 12 per cent reservation for Muslims is legally possible. Further, KCR has been promising to give Deputy Chief Minister’s post to a Muslim leader. However, he denied tickets to Muslims and only one member from the community figure in the list of 69 candidates. Without making Muslim MLAs, how KCR plans to make them Deputy CM? he asked.
Ponnala accused KCR of building castles in the airs and making tall promises without exploring the possibilities of their implementation. He said that the TRS has replicated the Congress promise of giving ex-gratia and government job to the families of Telangana martyrs. He said people would never believe the false promises being made by KCR and would only for the Congress party which can develop Telangana.
When asked about the protest by the minorities’ leaders going on in his own party, Ponnala said the issue would be sorted out soon. He said that the Congress was a democratic party and such protests were common.
Earlier, Ponnala admitted several leaders of Mahabubnagar district belonging to the YSR Congress Party into the Congress. (INN)