There seems to be no end to changes in Rahul Gandhi’s Telangana itinerary. After postponing the trip twice, Rahul is finally visiting Telangana on May 14. However, Telangana Congress leaders are a disgruntled lot as Rahul did not show any interest in visiting Hyderabad during his tour in the state. Consequently a convoy which is ought to follow him at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport was compelled to reach out to Nirmal in a jiffy, it is learnt.
Though earlier, the TPCC Chief Utham Kuma Reddy, former Deputy Speaker Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and former ministers were content on AICC deputy chief’s visit finally had to adjust to the changed scenario. It may be noted that the Congress is spewing venom on the Telangana Government. In a similar way, Rahul continued his tirade against the Centre in parliament on farmers suicides, land acquisition bill and other issues of black money bill.
At this juncture, the TPCC had to experience a sort of difficulty in failing to bring Rahul to Telangana Capital. Utham Kumar Reddy and other leaders perturbed at the changes made in Rahul Gandhi’s tour which confined to Adilabad and other few areas.
Rahul who slashed his tour of Hyderabad reached Nanded from Delhi and then will reach Adilabad in the evening. With this the Congress leaders who arranged for a grand welcome are quite disappointed with the sudden change of plan. According to information Mallu and Koppula Raju left for Adilabad to welcome Rahul. At Nirmal in Adilabad district he is to address a Kisan Sandesh yatra meeting in the evening. As per the plan he is to interact with deceased farmers’ families. Thus, Rahul preferred to prune his T tour unmindful of the party and leaders in the region by winding up his whirlwind tour to Nanded in Maharashtra and Nirmal in Adilabad of Telangana State. (NSS)