The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti was all set for its show of strength at its 16th Plenary on Friday, which will give the party cadre the roadmap to 2019 polls.
Massive arrangements were in place at Kompally on the outskirts of Hyderabad for more than 15,000 delegates gathering from all over the State. The party founder K Chandrasekhar Rao, who will be elected as party president for the 9th consecutive time has named the venue “Telangana Pragati Pranganam”.
Senior Minister and party general secretary K Taraka Rama Rao who went around the venue spread over an area of 60 acres and inspected the arrangements.
Apart from mid-term review of the performance of the TRS Government, specially the implementation of the Flagship programmes like Mission Bhagiratha and Mission Kakatiya, Kalyana lakshmi and the welfare of the farmers and other weaker sections. The recent legislation providing 12 per cent reservation for the backward Muslims and 10 per cent reservation to the Scheduled Tribes and announcement of providing free fertilizer to 55 lakh farmers will also come up for discussion.
The resolution committee has prepared 19 different resolution including the main resolution on the political situation. At the political front the party was likely to focus its attention on the emerging threat from the BJP specially on the issue of Muslim reservation.
The TRS was gearing itself to face an aggressive BJP which was planning to make inroads into Telangana. The party will also plan to counter the offensive by BJP president Amit Shah who is scheduled to visit the State form May 23 to 25.
KCR, who will inaugurated the Plenary by hosting the national and party flags at the venue in the morning will deliver his valedictory address in the evening motivating the cadre to go to the masses with the message of development and welfare and refuting the allegations of the Opposition.
KTR said that the venue was chosen to ensure smooth flow of the traffic. The vehicles coming from the districts will reach the venue through the Outer Ring Road without causing any hindrance to the usual traffic.
The party has also directed the cadre not to put up any banners and hoardings within the limits of Hyderabad city as it will violate the rules. But all the roads leading towards the Kompally were decorated with the pink colour festoons and lights.