Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao today lashed out at BJP State leadership for fielding Toorpu Jayaprakash Reddy alias Jagga Reddy to contest Medak Lok Sabha bypoll.
Addressing a meeting of TRS leaders and activists at Gajwel in the district, Harish Rao maintained that no other party, including the BJP and the Congress, can stall their victory. He said TRS candidate K Prabhakar Reddy will win the Medak LS seat in the byelection to be held in September second week. The minister expressed surprise over as to why the BJP Chief in Telangana G Kishen Reddy failed to find some other leader instead of Jagga Reddy, who opposed Telangana statehood.
Kishen Reddy should give a reply as what stand his party opts and what compelled the BJP to field such a person, who was with the Congress and opposed the statehood tooth and nail, Harish asked. He appealed to the party men to strive for the victory of Prabhakar Reddy and help him win with a thumping majority.
The TRS leader was also equally critical on the Congress for fielding former minister Sunitha Lakshma Reddy for Medak seat. It is known to everyone in the district that Sunitha has done nothing for welfare and development here, he said. “Let the Congress leader contesting Medak LS bypoll tell us what development and welfare she would accomplish”, he added.
———NSS