Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has ruled out the possibility of Congress admitting any member of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekar Rao's family into the party.
"No entry for KCR family members into Congress. Till Revanth Reddy is there, they will not be allowed. They have no place in the party," the chief minister said as the BRS family drama has deepened in the recent past.
Calling KCR and his family members 'enemies of the state', Reddy claimed that the BRS family rift is nothing but a desperate attempt to remain relevant in the state. The BRS was ousted from power in the state in December 2023 after a 10-year rule.
"The KCR family rift is nothing but an effort to grab public attention with the party losing its relevance in the state," he said, drawing a parallel with the Telugu movie 'Assembly Rowdy' to illustrate the situation.
KCR's daughter K Kavita recently expressed political ambitions while raising concerns about social justice and internal party dynamics, exposing fissures in the BRS' first family.
Revanth Reddy also trained his guns on state BJP chief G Kishan Reddy and accusing him of failing to secure central funds for Telangana's development despite being a Union minister in the Modi cabinet twice.
"Kishan Reddy has been a Union minister twice in the Modi cabinet, but he never made representations at the Centre for the welfare of the people of the state. He never applied his wisdom and tried to get funds from the Centre for the state," Reddy charged.
The chief minister further alleged that the Union minister had not even reviewed pending state projects at the Centre, either with the state government or with MPs representing Telangana.
Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Pralhad Joshi ensure metro development in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, but Kishan Reddy is opposing the metro project, he alleged.
"There are several central projects that require the Union government's approval. I have to come every time to persuade them for early clearance," he added while speaking to media as he concluded his three-day visit to the national capital.
According to sources, Reddy has discussed with the Congress high command matters related to the allocation of portfolios to the newly inducted ministers in the cabinet. Three new ministers were inducted into the Telangana cabinet on June 8 , but portfolios have not been allocated to them yet.
(With PTI inputs)
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