BRS will win Assembly polls hands down: KCR

Hyderabad: The ruling BRS in Telangana will return to power after the Legislative Assembly elections scheduled to be held later this year, party supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao asserted on Monday, confident about the growth of the state under his party’s government.

Rao, who addressed a public meeting here on the occasion of ‘Haritotsavam’ (green day) as part of the decennial celebrations of state formation day, said he had no doubt about the BRS coming to power again in the State. The Chief Minister, who planted a sapling as part of the ‘Haritotsavam’ celebrations at Tummaluru here, said greenery increased by about 7.7 per cent in Telangana with the implementation of the State government’s green drive ‘Harita Haram’ (green ornament).

“In Telangana, we have already planted 276 crore saplings. That is why greenery is visible wherever we see. We are so advanced that there is a nursery in every village, a ‘palle prakruti vanam’ in every village with open gyms for children,” he said. The increased greenery is a collective effort, he said.

KCR also said he asked the state Chief Secretary (A Santhi Kumari) to freely distribute fruit-bearing saplings to the people from this year as part of the green drive. Alleging that the Palamuru lift irrigation project in the State got delayed because of Congress leaders who obtained a stay (imposed on works) by approaching the Supreme Court, the CM assured that Ibrahimpatnam, Maheswaram and Vikarabad assembly constituencies would soon get water.

He further said those who ridiculed Telangana during the separate state agitation, saying it does not know how to do farming, were now in seventh place whereas Telangana is at the top in the country. He also pointed out that Telangana is number one in the country in per capita power utilisation, per capita income, paddy production, 24x7 power supply and other indices.