Hyderabad, Nov 9 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday announced that he would tour the state after

Hyderabad, Nov 9 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday announced that he would tour the state after

Hyderabad, Nov 9 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday announced that he would tour the state after

Hyderabad, Nov 9 (PTI) Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday announced that he would tour the state after Sankranti festival in January next year and trigger a "tsunami", which would sweep the BRS and BJP.

Addressing a public meeting on Monday evening, marking the conclusion of three-day tour of his assembly constituency of Kodangal, he said he would reach out to people across the state under the programme titled 'Praja Balam' (people's strength).

"After Sankranti, I will tour all over Telangana. I will create a tsunami with 'praja balam' (people's strength). Modi and 'kedi' (a derogatory reference to K Chandrasekhar Rao) will be swept away in that tsunami. We will hoist the tricolour of Congress. I will reach out to all of you," he said.

Before winding up his speech, he raised the slogan 'aur ek baar, Congress sarkar' (Congress government, once again).

On the state's agricultural situation, he said despite the drought conditions caused by rainfall deficit, the government has sufficient rice stocks for one year.

Noting that there was no need for people to worry about the recent rise in price of rice varieties, Reddy said, of the four crore population, the government is providing fine variety rice to 3.50 crore people.

In view of water shortage, he appealed to famers to cultivate only less water intensive crops during the Rabi season this year.

He lamented that Kodangal never had a minister for 70 years and that development of the constituency was neglected.

The CM further said development works worth Rs 10,000 crore have been taken up in the constituency now.

He also said Kodangal and its neighbouring constituencies would attract investments worth thousands of crores and generate employment on a massive scale.

The Chief Minister vowed in the name of local deity Goddess Ellamma to bring Krishna river water to Kodangal by December 2028.

Taking a swipe at BRS Working President K T Rama Rao over his decision to grow a beard, he said the BRS leader "cannot become Revanth Reddy by sporting a beard".

"KTR, you can never become a Revanth Reddy even if you grow a beard, take 10 birth births..." he said.

"To become Revanth Reddy, courage, the ability to stand by party activists and the willingness to make sacrifices for those who trust are needed."

Hitting out at Chandrashekhar Rao, also known as KCR, for leaving Telangana state with a massive debt burden, he claimed that during the 10 years of BRS rule, the financial burden reached a whopping Rs 8.11 lakh crore.

Every year, the state government is spending Rs 80,000 crore annually on debt repayments and liabilities arising from "misdeeds" committed by KCR.

According to him, the Congress government paid about Rs two lakh crore rupees, over the past 34 months, to clear the debts and address other issues caused by the previous BRS regime.

Slamming KCR for staying away from most assembly sessions since the Congress came to power, he alleged that “KCR ate like 'Bakasura' and slept like 'Kumbhakarna'.”

KCR, who became Chief Minister after the formation of Telangana, neglected irrigation projects in undivided Mahabubnagar district were neglected during the 10 year BRS rule, he alleged.

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