Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) president K Chandrasekhar Rao has created another stir by demanding a stop to the Hyderabad Metro Rail work in Hyderabad. He alleged massive corruption in the project.
Talking to the media, Medak Rao alleged that the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has taken kickbacks of hundreds of crores. “As soon as Telangana State is formed we will expose the corruption in this project”, he said.
On the issue of TRS’ merger with Congress, Rao said that he will consider it only after a comprehensive State of Telangana without any string attached was formed. Earlier he also triggered another controversy when he made it clear that on “illegal Andhra employee” will be allowed to remain in Hyderabad and they will have to vacate their jobs in Telangana region.
His party took the position in its letter to the Group of Ministers. The TRS said that Andhra Pradesh Government till now had done gross injustice to Telangana people as it recruited non locals in violation of laws. The party in the letter said that 30% of the Government employees presently working in Telangana belong to Seemandhra regions, which were recruited illegally over the decades. The party said that all such non local employees will have to be repatriated.
On the issue of Hyderabad the party said that it will not accept the status of common capital for the city for more than two years.